How to Use cost-efficient in a Sentence

cost-efficient

adjective
  • Don’t follow the crowd; be smart and take the cost-efficient route.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The larger the vessel, the more cost-efficient the shipping.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
  • Gas heaters are more cost-efficient but not as easy to set up.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024
  • Look for a cost-efficient way to bring about positive change.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • This cost-efficient pick is lightweight and blends into the skin with ease without feeling greasy or heavy.
    Alyssa Rotunno, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Unlike wax candles that melt, may cause a mess, and need to be replaced, flameless candles are long-lasting, cost-efficient, and mess-free.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There is a less permanent, more cost-efficient option for full eyebrows.
    Kaitlyn Frey, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The producers of Hollywood blockbusters and arthouse films alike are on the lookout for the most cost-efficient locations.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
  • From being cost-efficient to extremely convenient, the pros of coloring your hair at home are many.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2024
  • And for green hydrogen buses to be as cost-efficient as battery-electric models, that would have to come down to around the same cost as making gray hydrogen.
    Kristel Tjandra, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The right faux tree has to hit the criteria sweet spot of being cost-efficient, realistic-looking, the appropriate height, and easy to clean, store, and maintain—all in one.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In many ways, indeed, keeping the jobless rate low and the labor markets tight is the most effective and cost-efficient welfare policy there is.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This type of customer loyalty is cost-efficient because a company has to spend more money and time on marketing to win over a new shopper.
    Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Even if Afghanistan’s mountains prove to hold high-quality lithium, the mines will be cost-efficient only if new roads, railways, ore-processing plants and power plants are built around them.
    Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Officials tout the reinvigorated partnership with law firms as a cost-efficient way to expand eviction aid — with the hope that more firms and lawyers can be added in coming years.
    Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Computer algorithms may prove far more cost-efficient in the later stage of fine-tuning when striving to reach precise targets.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Moreover, this detergent is both cost-efficient and versatile, meaning it can be used in both standard and HE machines with great results.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This was his candid way of telling rank-and-file employees to become more cost-efficient or risk becoming a redundancy.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The proposals’ success hinges on robust transit service in the Bay Area as a competitive, cost-efficient option to avoid highway tolls.
    Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Start planning your most cost-efficient spring break (or summer vacation) today.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2023
  • While data is still being collected on such programs, studies have shown these efforts are among the most cost-efficient ways to keep people from falling into homelessness.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • Enjoy the journey, and explore the possibilities that point you toward home improvement and making your life convenient and cost-efficient.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
  • Engineers developed a cost-efficient smartphone attachment to better analyze the pupils of people with very dark eyes.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Named after a powerful wind in France, Mistral has rapidly gained ground by developing a more flexible and cost-efficient machine-learning tool.
    Adam Satariano, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Ellilä said the process was originally developed by forestry industry scientists in the 1960s in Finland to produce cost-efficient animal feed protein from side streams of the pulp and paper industry.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • With deep liquidity, asset safety protocols, and a cost-efficient fee structure, Bybit is a smart choice for any institution.
    Tyler Shepherd, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Environmental groups, however, say new reactors are not a cost-efficient solution to climate change, and put the blame squarely on the utilities’ executives such as Carter.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Getting a single message in front of millions is often more cost-efficient when compared to aggregating the hundreds of individual exposures that often take place via streaming video.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Even more significant was Ballin’s creation of a streamlined, cost-efficient transportation system to enable mass migration from Europe to America.
    Diane Cole, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Rush believed advances in materials science meant a new type of submersible could be created that was lighter, roomier, and more cost-efficient than industry-standard deep-sea vessels, which tended to be spherical and made completely out of metal.
    Alex Christian, WIRED, 29 June 2023

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