How to Use efficacious in a Sentence

efficacious

adjective

• At the end of the day, to suggest that plant medicine is not efficacious feels pretty silly to me.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2020
• There is little to no research to support the efficacious use of yohimbe.
  — Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2023
• The nine-piece collection makes huge strides for the brand in the arenas of efficacious, clean skincare and makeup.
  — ELLE, 6 Jan. 2022
• There weren't products that met halal standards, were efficacious, and were safe enough to use on her son, who has eczema.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Jan. 2023
• Just know the higher price point doesn’t make the formula more efficacious.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
• Certainly the myth of the cowboy is an efficacious myth, one based first of all upon a deep response to nature.
  — Larry McMurtry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• That said, what the beauty consumer will always want is efficacious skin care.
  — Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2022
• But what's not simple about her range of efficacious products?
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
• The higher dose antibody was 77% efficacious and the lower dose 54%, compared with the placebo.
  — Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 31 Oct. 2022
• These algorithms are only as efficacious as the data they are trained on.
  — Igor Khalatian, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• No one was predicting vaccines that were highly efficacious by the end of the calendar year.
  — USA Today, 11 Mar. 2021
• Although academics give biotech and pharma a bad rap, biotech is much more team-oriented than academia and the end goal of the team is to develop drugs that are safe and efficacious and help people.
  — Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Any guess for why genetic variance is more efficacious in prediction of I.Q. among the high status than the low status?
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2011
• Those of you who have come to love the potent and efficacious lineup of products from Paula's Choice may be equally as enthused to know that shopping it just got a lot easier.
  — Nykia Spradley, Allure, 25 Feb. 2021
• This clean and efficacious serum from MARA absorb easily into skin, and feels like the fresh sea breeze after a thorough washing.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• In the past 20 years, this technology has proved efficacious.
  — Costas Synolakis, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
• On the basis of an interim analysis, Bharat Biotech has claimed through a press release that its vaccine is 78% efficacious.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 8 June 2021
• Paxlovid, the only other oral antiviral on the market, continues to be the most efficacious drug option.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2023
• From its best-selling cleansing balm to its nourishing lip mask, the brand seeks to deepen people's skincare routines with the most efficacious products.
  — Dale Arden Chong, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2021
• All three vaccines are safe and efficacious against the virus and its variants, including the B.1.1.7 variant, which was originally discovered in the U.K.
  — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2021
• The new preclinical drug candidate was found efficacious and safe in mice studies, the company said in a press release.
  — Aayushi Pratap, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Designing a safe, efficacious drug that reaches the right target at the right time is extremely difficult.
  — John Cumbers, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• Ron Robinson is a celebrity in his own right—famed for his brand, the efficacious and beloved BeautyStat, but also the long list of formulations in his 25 years of cosmetic chemistry.
  — Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2023
• For instance, single doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to data from the UK, are only 33% efficacious against the disease.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 23 June 2021
• Lean into how your brain functions to make efficacious thought leadership.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2023
• And with the leeway Graham-Cassidy’s New Federalist framework would afford them, states might be able to find more efficacious ways to protect those people.
  — Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
• The cutting-edge Swiss skincare brand is famous for their impressively efficacious formulas and this assortment turns back the clock in style.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• The Pfizer vaccine was 69.4% efficacious in protecting this age group from severe disease.
  — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 25 May 2023
• With a combination of vitamin C, collagen, and lavender oil, this serum is both efficacious and soothing in one.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 14 Jan. 2023
• Moreover, reports from England and Scotland say vaccines are less efficacious against delta; the first dose is about 15% to 20% less effective, although two doses appear to work better.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 June 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024