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cost-effective

[kawst-i-fek-tiv, kost-] / ˈkɔst ɪˈfɛk tɪv, ˈkɒst- /
ADJECTIVE
economical
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Supporting young people early is far more cost-effective than responding to crises later, while also improving long-term outcomes.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Harvey maintains that open-weight models make it practical to run agents continuously across every matter in a cost-effective way.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Seedance has emerged as a leader in AI tools among some indie filmmakers, who say it is more cost-effective than other options.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

“We not only get more cost-effective results by choosing models carefully based on the work that they’re going to do, but frankly, they’re more performant when they’re smaller,” Schmidt said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

But a PIH doctor spoke up, saying that he had signed the Hippocratic Oath to practice medicine ethically, but he didn’t remember signing an oath to do it in a cost-effective way.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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