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efficiency

[ih-fish-uhn-see] / ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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Government officials says the plan would "make bills fairer and more affordable while encouraging greater water efficiency".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

On top of that, the cultural obsession with efficiency doesn’t align with a diet that views cooking as a nourishing daily ritual.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Along with real-time target recognition and other automation gains, this technology helps to increase pilots’ efficiency and reduce the number of people needed to strike the same number of targets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

One project that comes in for particular criticism is the costly free school meals programme, Prabowo's signature project which he vowed Friday to pursue "but with improvements and efficiency."

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Nice, hard ground, which makes for abnormally high energy efficiency.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

What he admits to be an “unscientific” extrapolation of corporate claims of AI-linked efficiencies shows businesses enjoying an average 150 basis points of margin improvement.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

"We are working closely with our trade unions, colleagues and partners to identify the most effective and sustainable way to deliver the efficiencies required of us, while protecting the quality and safety of care."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“We are driving efficiencies across the business, actively investing in and hiring for AI-focused skills, and managing headcount with discipline to end 2026 where we started.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

The company had software engineers shadow bankers for two weeks from 8:30 a.m. to midnight and catalog everything they did to find efficiencies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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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