cost-effective
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"It's likely that future X-planes will be uncrewed," says Coen, before adding the vital caveats "unless the technology we're researching relates to piloting or if crewing it is more cost-effective".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The findings are detailed in the paper "Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration" published in Science on September 17, 2026.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Microsoft is building a broad portfolio of internal and external models, allowing customers to use the most cost-effective model for each task, while governing users actions,” Liani said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
SCE spokesperson David Eisenhauer said it would “expose customers to higher rates and unreasonable costs compared to more cost-effective clean energy sources.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
But a PIH doctor spoke up, saying that he had signed the Hippocratic Oath to practice medicine ethically, but he didn’t remember signing an oath to do it in a cost-effective way.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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