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efficiency

[ih-fish-uhn-see] / ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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DS Smith said the proposal followed "a review of UK packaging operations" and was linked to "tough trading conditions" as it looked to "improve efficiency and respond to changing customer demand".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

To improve efficiency, the firm invested in productivity-tracking tools to determine when employees were most productive—and when that productivity dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Several companies are focused on water efficiency, including in agriculture.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 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

Nice, hard ground, which makes for abnormally high energy efficiency.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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