performance
Example Sentences
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The researchers cautioned that better performance despite poor sleep may come with long term consequences.
From Science Daily
The 49-year-old immediately laid out plans in October to cut 16,000 jobs and to tie pay more tightly to performance—moves that analysts saw as a strike at the company’s sometimes cozy practices.
Mayors of China's major cities have powerful patrons in the Communist Party's top committee and strong performance incentives, making these posts "important stepping stones for further promotions", according to Brookings Institution.
From BBC
Her best performance likely came in Jean-Luc Godard’s acclaimed 1963 melancholy adaptation “Contempt,” as a wife who falls out of love with her husband.
From Los Angeles Times
The concert, headlined by Wet Leg, will also feature performances by Scottish supports acts Hamish Hawk and Lucia & The Best Boys.
From BBC
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