efficacy
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Trying to explain the device, and how her claims of its efficacy were misread by investors and the public, Holmes once again can’t translate her thoughts into words that make sense to Fielder.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
"This lets us speak about safety and efficacy with real confidence," Dr. Fleckenstein said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
At the same time, he is ambivalent about the efficacy of outright bans on school devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Despite positive results in its most recent clinical trials, real retatrutide is still being tested for its safety and efficacy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I’m really curious about his efficacy as a hospital security guard.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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For young kids, there are now two vaccines available with very similar mechanisms but different doses, dosing intervals and efficacies.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 15, 2022
That would make it still well above the 50% threshold needed for FDA authorization, but would pale in comparison to the 90-plus efficacies of other COVID-19 vaccines.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2021
Further tests would be needed to judge how much the 2P mutation contributes to the overall efficacies of the frontrunner vaccines.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 31, 2020
Obsessed with holistic health, we are also susceptible to pitches about the mysterious efficacies of neurons and transmitters.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2014
He will inquire of art,—the empiric art,—and rude accident, what latent efficacies they have detected in her, what churlish secrets of hers they have wrung from her.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
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