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efficient

[ih-fish-uhnt] / ɪˈfɪʃ ənt /


Usage

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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A more efficient chip can improve operating economics while a larger deployment consumes additional cash.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Making more efficient use of such an expensive facility could provide substantial benefits to astronomers and the wider scientific community, potentially allowing more important discoveries to be made with the available observing time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Seroka said raising the bridge would allow larger, more efficient cargo ships to access capacity at the port.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In May, Orbital raised $50 million to develop its new product: cooling systems that use more efficient, greener alternatives to the chemical cooling agents used in some data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Given their low food supplies, traveling down the river in a timely and efficient manner was crucial to their survival.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple


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