lightening
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The data, from the workforce analytics and productivity-tracking software company ActivTrak, found that AI is making workloads more intense, not lightening them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
They also travel at lightening speed on social media.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“If you think you’ve weathered the storm, we’re probably not through it all. If you can’t handle it, consider lightening up your positions,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
Massa is slender and just 5 feet tall in her work boots, with strands of gray lightening her dark hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
He had a way of lightening even the saddest moments.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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