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efficiency expert
noun
: one who analyzes methods, procedures, and jobs in order to secure maximum efficiency
called also efficiency engineer
Examples of efficiency expert in a Sentence
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Standards efforts are coalescing to accelerate DC's commercial adoption, notes Bill Tschudi, an energy efficiency expert at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, Calif.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2011
An efficiency expert, Sumner designs Emmy to answer any question about as fast as Miss Watson can; the all-women staff of her department worry that, as a result, they’ll be replaced.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
The cost of installation is a roadblock for many homeowners, said Bill Stack, energy efficiency expert at Eversource — which, along with National Grid and other utility companies, funds and operates the Mass Save program to encourage home-efficiency improvements.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2021
Take Lillian Gilbreth: The efficiency expert and widowed mother of 12, unable to find work as an engineer, instead applied time-saving industrial processes to the household.
—Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 2 May 2021
Seebald pointed to the publishers not being able to use their efficiency expert as a potential challenge for them.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2022
Mass Save, the free program that brings an energy-efficiency expert into your home to help lower your energy costs.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
Henry Ford once hired an efficiency expert to go through his plant.
—Star Tribune, 16 May 2021
Enter Molly Patel, a Pennsylvania chemical plant efficiency expert who does a little stand-up on the side.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of efficiency expert was
in 1913
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“Efficiency expert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiency%20expert. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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