Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Task-work.
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- verb Present participle of
task .
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Examples
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The idea that the kids are whizzes at multimedia tasking is a platitude confected by middle-aged techno gurus to peddle their expertise as explainers of generational difference.
Time For A Slow-Word Movement Trevor Butterworth 2009
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Multi-tasking is the modern mantra when it comes to furniture and once you get around the market, you will be astonished of what you can find in terms of highly flexible and space saving interiors.
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How tasking is this for you as you equally have another blog that talks about your children and also seek advice for germane issues affecting other people on that particular blog?
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Love the growing trend that multi-tasking is not what us humans were made to do.
Write Just One Thing Today, and Write It Well | Write to Done 2008
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How tasking is this for you as you equally have another blog that talks about your children and also seek advice for germane issues affecting other people on that particular blog?
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Multi-tasking is great, but it’s important that the big jobs are done with complete focus on the task at hand.
8 Things I Did To Help Me Complete My First Book | Write to Done 2008
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The former leads to half-tasking, which is not recommended.
Therese Borchard: 6 Steps To Manage Your Time Better: An Interview With Russell Bishop 2009
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Although he [Bush] did not recall tasking [chief of staff James] Baker to research any particular matter, he may have asked why the campaign did not know more about Clintons demonstrating against the Vietnam War, the FBI interview report stated.
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"Although he [Bush] did not recall tasking [chief of staff James] Baker to research any particular matter, he may have asked why the campaign did not know more about Clinton's demonstrating" against the Vietnam War, the FBI interview report stated.
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At the very least, it appears to allow true app multi-tasking, which is something that actually makes the concept of a large-scale iPod touch-type device genuinely appealing.
GigaOM Network 2009
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