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productivity

[proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee, prod-uhk-] / ˌproʊ dʌkˈtɪv ɪ ti, ˌprɒd ʌk- /


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The complaint said Alfozan queried a productivity tool to ask about meeting rooms where company leadership met and where external company partners would meet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Providing guidance up front means less work for you and more productivity for the team down the line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Warsh did make an announcement on the task forces that he created to overhaul the central bank, saying there will be a meeting next month in the San Francisco era on productivity and jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Between 17 August and 16 September, Alfozan had reportedly asked a productivity AI assistant several questions about meeting rooms and their availability.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, the German metalworking and steel industries are equal in productivity to their American counterparts.

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

That, in turn, allowed firms to meet a given level of demand by using more workers less intensively—at lower productivities.

From Economist ● Feb. 17, 2014

Over the long run, technology sets potential productivities, which govern the wages workers can earn.

From Economist ● Jan. 22, 2014

Of course, there are also the famous differences between the productivities of the economies of whole countries, such as Japan, the United States, France, and Germany.

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

For instance, Japanese steel, metal, car, car parts, camera, and consumer electronic companies compete fiercely and have higher productivities than their U.S. counterparts.

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

For expository reasons we can take social subsistence and productivities as purely constant.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus


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