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efficient

[ih-fish-uhnt] / ɪˈfɪʃ ənt /


Usage

What are other ways to say efficient? The adjective efficient, when applied to a person or a thing, implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. Effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech. Effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine. 

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While this makes Kimi K3 efficient to run, the requirement to hold 2.8 trillion parameters in active memory means the model would be difficult for enterprises to run on their own servers, Sen told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Yamamoto was so efficient that he only needed 102 pitches to complete nine innings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

The process was efficient enough to prevent microplastics from forming during decomposition.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

At the Venetia mine, De Beers has pledged to use those two years of downtime to make infrastructure more "efficient" with increased "capacity", external, ready to reopen production once market conditions improve.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Outwardly, she was steady and efficient; inside, she was full of secrets.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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