timesaving

[tahym-sey-ving]

adjective

1. (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time times spent or required to do something.

Other Word Forms

• timesaver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of timesaving¹

First recorded in 1860–65; time + saving

Example Sentences

“AI has gone from being a useful, timesaving tool for papers and research to a threat to entry level jobs, higher utility bills, environmental concern about water and farmland turned to data farms,” Atwater said.

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The strategy was to position Cool Whip not just as a product, but as a versatile, timesaving ingredient.

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The company really took off when it moved its headquarters to Dallas from California in 2018 and began broadly marketing itself as a “hop-on” jet service and a timesaving “travel hack.”

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Convoy’s “drop and hook” program, for example, let drivers pick up preloaded trailers rather than wait to load at a warehouse, a timesaving service traditionally available mainly to large carriers.

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“Many working families — some working two to three jobs to make ends meet — won’t buy or lease E.V.s if they don’t have access to convenient, timesaving, cost-saving places to charge them.”

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