division of labor
noun phrase
: the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution among different persons, groups, or machines to increase productive efficiency
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Each new challenge is framed as a test of whether the participants could hack it in what we’re supposed to believe is a harder but somehow truer, more rewarding, and—in an assumption about the division of labor that veers disconcertingly close to essentialism—more natural world.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
That’s because the division of labor is economic growth personified.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Speech and neurodevelopment The division of labor between brain hemispheres is a hallmark of many human cognitive functions, especially language.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
Researchers believe that the division of labor across brain hemispheres required to recognize sound patterns begins in this region.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
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“Division of labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/division%20of%20labor. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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