workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd 
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed (as by a mechanical device) usually within a specific period
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Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Alec Ingold battling injury Starting fullback Alec Ingold, who was supposed to inherit a larger workload with Darren Waller (pectoral) and Julian Hill (ankle) sidelined by injury, suffered an undisclosed injury in the first quarter that could alter Miami’s playcalling.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Are the workloads of AI startup Anthropic, whose largest backer is Amazon, helping stoke AWS growth?
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Barnes returned and got most of the workload in the fourth quarter.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
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workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed usually within a specific period
a machine's workload
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