productive

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What’s the smartest way to use artificial intelligence to lower your costs and be more productive — and is the tech’s promise living up to the hype?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Defining the line between productive uses of capital and mere speculation is a never-ending battle.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

She said the agreement - reached after "a very productive phone conversation" with Tehran on Thursday - was "vital" in helping to ensure energy and fertiliser supplies.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“We’re playing a lot better and it has has to do with things we weren’t sharp at, pitching, playing defense and productive offense,” coach Peter Gunny said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Inevitably, this highly productive system of intensive agriculture triggered an immediate population explosion in Kyushu, where archaeologists have identified far more Yayoi sites than Jomon sites, even though the Jomon period lasted 14 times longer.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond