efficiencies

NOUN

adeptness, effectiveness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability adaptability capability competence energy expertise performance productivity readiness skill talent

STRONG

abundance address adequacy capableness competency completeness economy effectualness efficacy facility faculty know-how potency power powerfulness productiveness proficiency prowess quantity resourcefulness response skillfulness suitability suitableness thoroughness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness ignorance impotence inability inadequacy incapability incapacity incompetence ineptness weakness

STRONG

disability inefficiency lack

WEAK

helplessness ineffectiveness

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efficiencies

"Justice delayed is justice denied, and I am committed to maximising efficiencies in our system alongside record investment. I remain committed to structural reform which is crucial if we are to bring down the backlog."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Both are “potentially related to the ongoing artificial-intelligence buildout and efficiencies gained by its use,” said Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

There have been mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, overlaps, layoffs, and quote-unquote efficiencies all along the way.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Yet, just as quickly, blowback followed: generative AI flooded social media with confusing slop and copyright threats; AI efficiencies were blamed—fairly or not—for job cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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