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multitasking

verb as in perform multiple tasks simultaneously

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“Here we were being so careful, treating him like he was fragile and not wanting to overload him,” she says laughing, “and he’s just calmly multitasking.”

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Multitasking has become a norm for the “Cruel Summer” singer, who juggled her last tour with the recording of the album.

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Holland echoes this: “There’s fear about what’s happening in the government, but there’s also sadness and sorrow about what’s happening to the planet. And this population of women is raising kids, caring for parents and stretched really thin. We’re multitasking, we’re distracted all the time, we’re scrolling our phones looking at things that make us sad and enrage us,” she says.

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A recent study found that ‘huff-and-puff’ movements, like running or lap swimming, were associated with better brain functions including information processing, focusing and multitasking and short-term memory.

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Researchers found that “huff-and-puff” movements, like running or lap swimming, were associated with better brain functions including information processing, focusing and multitasking and short-term memory.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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