cost-effective
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Cost-effective inferencing requires a high mix of CPU chips, which are the main brains of any computing system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Cost-effective, commercial space technologies can enable novel research or reduce the cost of investigations opening new possibilities for the scientific community.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024
“Come on! Cost-effective in a pandemic, I love it!” judge and fashion model Winnie Harlow said after the switch-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021
Cost-effective restoration may be tricky on long, sandy coasts, too.
From Scientific American • Apr. 2, 2019
Cost-effective and environmentally friendly, it makes eminent sense.
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2010
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