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efficiency

[ih-fish-uhn-see] / ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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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

Similar questions have emerged in other policy areas where institutions have moved toward consolidation of identity categories in the name of efficiency.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

"But they're also sensitive and only reach high efficiency when the conditions are just right."

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

“When you have products that are functionally identical, do a deep dive into the operating efficiency and the trading costs,” Kashner says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The instincts of the military wife were beginning to assert themselves, the old efficiency of stealing away from temporary homes and entering the bloodstream of highways heading to new quarters.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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