multitasking
Example Sentences
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The biggest gains appeared during multitasking and in tasks that required many steps.
From Science Daily
Both crews knew about the presence of the other aircraft but could not easily see and avoid each other because of poor radio communications, insufficient collision-avoidance technology and the mental strain from multitasking, investigators said.
Dementia tends to be thought of mostly as a memory-loss disease, but there are many other aspects, including disorientation, difficulty balancing, poor coordination, trouble multitasking, confusion, wandering, apathy, irritability, impulsivity, poor judgment, and social inappropriateness.
From Slate
It’s a pet peeve of hers when someone is multitasking when she’s trying to talk to them.
They’re said to enable PCs that are better at multitasking and creative functions.
From MarketWatch
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