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- noun Plural form of
efficiency .
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Examples
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Uncovered an average of five million dollars in efficiencies at each of my last four workplaces.
What Is Your Proudest DIY Moment? | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Paying for something with efficiencies is nothing but a scoundrel's refuge for policymakers.
Tyrone Posts on Health Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“Consolidating internal resources coupled with improved outsourcing allows us to gain efficiencies in executing against our major digital initiatives Magic Online and D&D Insider,” he said.
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Corporations, and even many small businesses (and therefore us) weighed immediate, often skewed and fraudulent profits over real value, making loads of quick bucks instead of investing in long term efficiencies or considering the loss of other people's livelihoods and sometimes even actual lives.
Crystal Syben Haidl: So, You Think You Earn an Honest Living? Crystal Syben Haidl 2010
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Schwarzenegger instituted the California Performance Review to find long-term efficiencies in government.
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Paying for something with efficiencies is nothing but a ...
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My preference is for shared repositories (virtual or real) because the larger the group, the better the chance that it will be able to provide truly permanent and stable URIs; and because we'd gain efficiencies when introducing new partners, as well as enabling smaller museums or archaeological units who don't have the technical skills or resources to participate.
Are shared data standards and shared repositories the future? Mia 2007
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My preference is for shared repositories (virtual or real) because the larger the group, the better the chance that it will be able to provide truly permanent and stable URIs; and because we'd gain efficiencies when introducing new partners, as well as enabling smaller museums or archaeological units who don't have the technical skills or resources to participate.
Archive 2007-06-01 Mia 2007
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Corporate interests have removed farmers from the land with their short-term efficiencies, breaking down rural communities and making the way for a methamphetamine crisis, poorer health care services, poisoned rural water and air, and a less hospitable environment for small businesses.
Paula Crossfield: In Defense of Michael Pollan and a Civil, More Nuanced Food Debate 2009
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There are still huge gains we could make in efficiencies:
Waldo Jaquith - An illustration of the size of our nuclear arsenal. 2007
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