efficacy
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“Another thing about emphasizing the efficacy of youthful endeavor in changing the world is the riff of the song was written by Roman,” Morello explained.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
At the same time, he is ambivalent about the efficacy of outright bans on school devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
These breaks are a welcome respite from long stretches of sitting and screen-based learning, which is common in some classrooms despite questions about its efficacy.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Morgan said in a separate note that detailed data would be required to fully assess the drug’s efficacy profile relative to Roche’s rival oral multiple sclerosis drug candidate fenebrutinib and another class of treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Three were scientists checking the efficacy of sprays; 8 worked in greenhouses; 5 were farm workers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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For the next pandemic, if we have certain vaccines with starting efficacies, we can predict the minimum proportion we need to vaccinate to achieve vaccine-induced herd immunity.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2023
But Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines have efficacies of 95 percent and 94.5 percent, respectively, at preventing moderate to severe disease.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2021
Still, the vaccines, shown in clinical trials to have efficacies of up to 95% against symptomatic disease, have finally given the world the prospect of an escape from COVID-19’s long siege.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 16, 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
The benignant efficacies of Concealment," cries our Professor, "who shall speak or sing?
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Thomas Carlyle
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