efficacious
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Lilly is also developing a highly efficacious injection called retatrutide that targets GIP and GLP-1 — both of which are activated by tirzepatide — in addition to glucagon.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Instead of manipulating government for their own narrow interests, the rich can add a distinctively independent-minded, public-spirited and efficacious set of voices to the national debate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
The team calculated that the high dose of L9LS was 70% efficacious at preventing infection and 77% efficacious at stopping disease.
From Science Magazine • May 1, 2024
But there comes a point where, if that’s not efficacious, you’re going to have to do something more publicly in the courtroom.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
It was efficacious for an officer to keep the troops busy, he thought, and when he exited a place, he left a trail of assignments in his wake no matter where he was.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
