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Parkinson's law

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Parkinson's law/ˈpɑːkɪns(ə)nz/

▶noun the notion that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

– origin 1950s: named after the English writer Cyril Northcote Parkinson.

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