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workload

[wurk-lohd] / ˈwɜrkˌloʊd /
NOUN
line of duty
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NOUN
work load
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While pilots are trained to safely land planes without the automated navigation system, regulators must evaluate whether the "workload" is excessive for pilots under such a scenario, said FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

And in four of those pitching starts, he was not in the batting order, in an early effort to manage his workload.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The number of employees currently working at Butternut AI, down from a peak of nine after the startup’s co-founders laid off five engineers and replaced their workload with 24-hour AI agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

When teams are stretched and there is little or no cover, employees know their absence will increase the workload for colleagues.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The rest of the time I was busy balancing the workload from several honors classes, drama rehearsals, and varsity basketball practice.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

To teachers, Google promotes that its AI reduces workloads, “deepens metacognition,” “inspires active learning” and “stimulates curiosity,” and that it can level the playing field for struggling and special-education students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“People are realizing Muse isn’t a chatbot,” and therefore the market is starting to understand that agentic workloads are different from those for AI-driven searches and conversations, O’Regan said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

More inference-heavy workloads would have the added benefit of improving profitability for the AI labs, as they can charge customers for inference, whereas model training is a pure cost.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The pair must juggle the workloads of England's players as they bid to regain the Ashes from Australia next summer before the World Cup.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Overspecialization and excessive student workloads served to limit the effectiveness and efficiency of secondary and higher schools.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier




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