effectiveness

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According to media reports, the study used hospital patients’ vaccination status to calculate the success of the season’s vaccine, a method long used to determine flu vaccine effectiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“Skepticism remains over the effectiveness of the cease-fire agreement, leaving the market wary. Any headlines suggesting continued combat could easily trigger another round of dollar buying,” Morimoto says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It claimed "stopping full-time pay for part-time work... could increase capacity and the effectiveness of current staff and allow for headcount reduction", which would "save around £270,000".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Intense competition is pushing manufacturers to improve effectiveness while slashing costs, sometimes to less than $1,000 per unit, making them "affordable", Myronenko said.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

How a piece of rhetoric sounds—and this applies just as much whether it is heard out loud or scanned by the inner ear while being read on the page—is vital to its effectiveness.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith