efficiency expert

noun

: one who analyzes methods, procedures, and jobs in order to secure maximum efficiency

called also efficiency engineer

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Olsen will play efficiency expert Gwen, while Haber will star as Hunter, whose bro energy will upset the balance of Olympia's team. Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025 Wright Olsen will play Gwen, an efficiency expert analyzing the firm, and Haber as Hunter, a younger associate from the floater pool who is a total bro. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025 Hunt played William Gilbreth, one of the 12 offspring of an efficiency expert (Clifton Webb) and a psychologist (Myrna Loy), in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), then returned to play another son in the family, Fred, in the sequel, Belles on the Toes (1952). Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025 However, the effectiveness and scope of these cuts remain subjects of debate among policymakers and government efficiency experts. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025 The arrival of an efficiency expert brought bad news to Chicago Fire this week. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 May 2025 Musk is, essentially an efficiency expert in service of the Trump Administration. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 An efficiency expert, Sumner designs Emmy to answer any question about as fast as Miss Watson can; the all-women staff of her department worry that, as a result, they’ll be replaced. Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024 Standards efforts are coalescing to accelerate DC's commercial adoption, notes Bill Tschudi, an energy efficiency expert at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, Calif. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2011

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of efficiency expert was in 1913

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“Efficiency expert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiency%20expert. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.

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