multitask

Example Sentences

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With several hours to fill through the day, she says she "always tries to multitask when travelling".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

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

There are a multitude of cognitive pluses — early research suggests language learning can help us multitask more efficiently and improve attention span and abstract thinking.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024

“Whereas before it was only about skiing, now an athlete has to multitask and worry about curating their image and marketing themselves. But the days still last 24 hours.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024

The scientists explained that we were looking at measures of Reggie’s brain as he attempted to multitask in the MRI machine.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel