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efficiency

[ih-fish-uhn-see] / ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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MIT engineers are developing a new spacecraft propulsion system that combines the strengths of traditional chemical rockets with the efficiency and precision of electric thrusters.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The bank expects a leaner Porsche to emerge after years of half-hearted efficiency measures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Other jets use “bleed” air from the engines, which reduces fuel efficiency.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

She was tired, not just from being pregnant and from the lockdown but from the unpleasant phone call she’d just had with corporate about ways to increase efficiency, which really meant ways to save money.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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