efficient
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In an efficient seven scoreless innings, Skubal threw just 75 pitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The company is “helping their customers manage the frontier models in a more efficient and effective way” than other companies, Luria said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
ACM Smyth warned that without satellites, some of the technologies people take for granted would be lost and would make every sector "less efficient, less prosperous and less secure".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Scientists compare the idea to a canary in a coal mine, because changes there may offer an efficient way to detect broader shifts in the climate regulating circulation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The student was cheerful and efficient and enjoyed Beat poetry.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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