cost-effective
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If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.
From Science Daily • Jul. 11, 2026
"We must, however, be clear: the energy sector offers today the fastest and often the most cost effective reductions," Barbut said.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Also, rail isn’t as cost effective as seaborne tankers—especially for the so-called teapot refineries in northeastern China, the main buyers of Iranian crude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The JCVI, a scientific advisory committee that advises both the UK and Welsh government on vaccinations, concluded in 2014 that vaccinating teenagers and young adults against MenB was "not cost effective".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The average annual cost, effective and non-effective, of an officer in the cavalry, artillery, engineers, and infantry is £473, this sum covering all the arrangements for pensions and retiring allowances.
From Britain at Bay by Wilkinson, Spenser
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