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efficient

[ih-fish-uhnt] / ɪˈfɪʃ ənt /


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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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By eliminating certain possibilities, the researchers have provided information that could make future searches more efficient and help astronomers focus on planets that remain within reach of upcoming observatories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We are looking through short-term lithium price movements and investing in Kathleen Valley today, because an expanded, more efficient operation builds a more resilient Liontown through the cycle,” said Chief Executive Tony Ottaviano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Kinnock said there would no be "much of an argument" against the idea if it meant that "Wales was better protected, that the streets were safer" and "that the justice system was more efficient".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Williams: It's still a theoretical result, but it opens up the possibility of much more efficient ways of computing in an enormous variety of scenarios.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

George Ferris fought the cold with dynamite, the only efficient way to penetrate the three-foot crust of frozen earth that now covered Jackson Park.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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