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efficiency

[ih-fish-uhn-see] / ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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But it does reveal how closely the language of hospitality is intertwined with the language of efficiency.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

But the landscape shifts quickly in AI: Anthropic late last month began releasing its new Claude 5.5 family of models, touting lower cost and better efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Factory efficiency, pricing and vehicle mix, meaning the balance between cheaper and more expensive models, determine how much profit each sale brings in.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The necessity of maintaining fuel efficiency standards is manifest in California, where about 40% of those emissions come from auto and truck tailpipes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

To ensure success, he paid meticulous attention to detail: the health of the Sherpas, the efficiency of the solar-powered electrical system, the sharpness of his clients’ crampons.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Cost efficiencies should also support sustainable pretax margins of around 8%-12%, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

AI adoption, and the efficiencies and productivity gains it promises, may provide the U.S. with a plausible path to absorbing higher interest-rate costs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

There have been mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, overlaps, layoffs, and quote-unquote efficiencies all along the way.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

During a Stormont health committee meeting the DoH said it could not fund 12% efficiencies in a single year.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Having absorbed Lawrence’s confidence that further efficiencies eventually would be achieved, Groves reduced the specification for Y-12 to five hundred tanks, or five racetracks.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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