multitask
Example Sentences
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This means resisting the urge to take a phone call on a walk, listen to a podcast in the car or otherwise multitask while doing simple things.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
The problem was that Remi struggled to multitask.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
“While I can multitask in my life and as a PR professional, I cannot multitask creatively,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Don’t try to multitask and rapidly soap up the colander between peeling potatoes.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Nevertheless, when his brain was asked to do too much, to multitask, it became overloaded.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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