cost-effective

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Also, rail isn’t as cost effective as seaborne tankers—especially for the so-called teapot refineries in northeastern China, the main buyers of Iranian crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The JCVI, a scientific advisory committee that advises both the UK and Welsh government on vaccinations, concluded in 2014 that vaccinating teenagers and young adults against MenB was "not cost effective".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Meta and Broadcom’s jointly developed application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, are unlikely to be as powerful overall as Nvidia’s graphics-processing units but could be more cost effective for running the company’s ranking and recommendation systems.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“While we are developing more cost effective models, it is absolutely urgent that we get people off our streets immediately,” Herman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Ensuring a healthy start in life for children remains not only a high priority of my Administration, but also one of the most cost effective forms of health care.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy