multitasking

Example Sentences

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Enter his mother, Roxanne, who has raised four boys and one girl by multitasking and embracing sports activities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Instead of shrinking their work, AI will lead to “work intensification” where employees use their newfound tools to tackle a broader scope of tasks, resulting in increased multitasking across the company.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The biggest gains appeared during multitasking and in tasks that required many steps.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Another long pause—she’s talking to me and doing something else, multitasking, the way busy wives and mothers do, tidying up, loading the washing machine.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins