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1899 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 5 568 How shall we so reduce the ordinary domestic work-load as to make the detailed treatment of milk an easy part of the routine?

1927 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Oct. 2/2 The general purpose of the navy is to plan a uniform workload at each of the yards by systematizing the repair work and construction assigned to each.

1978 G. A. Sheehan Running & Being xv. 210 I shift to shorter steps..to maintain the same workload.

1985 Times 18 Jan. 5/1 He is one of more than 1,000 teachers whose workload is being analysed by the National Union of Teachers in a survey to be published next week.

2011 D. Cass Strategic Student ix. 165 Adjusting to being independent, juggling a hectic schedule, and managing a heavy workload are some of the pressures that can take a toll on students.

1903 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers 24 976 In the test here given the work load was taken for half an hour just previous to doffing, which is done when the bobbins are full.

1916 U.S. Patent 1,195,851 28/1 A connected cross member..adapted to bear the work load of the machine.

1957 Managem. Sci. 3 139 It may be necessary to reprogram the workload of the machines regularly.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July c2/5 I.B.M. has also built virtualization technology into the new computers, so that several workloads can run at once on a single machine.