How to Use efficiently in a Sentence

efficiently

adverb
  • That makes the pain of a 22-58 season pass just that much more efficiently.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • The Shark Ion bumped its way around a room over and over again while the RV series efficiently covered the space once.
    PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • On the contrary, both rear doors open efficiently with a single push of the handle or via the key fob.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Clean the vents, open them completely and change the air filter to make the AC unit work more efficiently.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 27 June 2023
  • Plus, the extra-large tube helps the pan to conduct heat more efficiently.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The glass-half-full take is that GM is running Cruise more efficiently.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And then there’s beige fat cells, which are a mix of the two and do both jobs but less efficiently than the specialized versions.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The gang worked efficiently, in dashcam video viewed by CNN.
    David McKenzie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The Swiffer Sweep + Mop Deluxe cleaned up both the ketchup and peanut butter quickly and efficiently.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Help teams adapt quickly to changes and test new ideas efficiently.
    Sonali Nair, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Though Stanford scored a lot more – and more efficiently – in the final half, the damage was already done.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Keep reading to learn how to efficiently clean up tinsel and store it for Christmases to come.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Cobb worked efficiently most of the night and didn’t allow a runner past second base.
    Michael Wagaman, oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • The blade rotates up to 8,800 rounds per minute to remove pills quickly and efficiently.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The two men are about to square off, but Kaia doesn’t need her man protecting her and efficiently drops Roy to the mat herself.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Made out of stainless steel, these pieces heat up quickly and efficiently, with aluminum in the base to make heating more even.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024
  • That fueled concerns that the company might not be able to make chips in the U.S. as efficiently as in Taiwan.
    Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Their idea is to link cities that are too far for existing daytime trains to serve efficiently.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
  • And because a big meal produces a huge spike in insulin, your body responds to the sugar and efficiently stores more body fat.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This mode will help locate fish habitat and structure more efficiently in depths of 15 feet or less.
    Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The condition can cause chest pain, heart attacks, or other symptoms that are signs that the blood can't move efficiently around the body.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Packing — or packing efficiently, at least — is the opposite of a one-and-done task.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The group passed books down the lines one by one to swiftly and efficiently move all of the business’s stock — no professional movers required.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • If data could be served up more quickly, GPUs could be used in smaller amounts and more efficiently.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
  • And though the Browns’ cap space should be used efficiently, there are a couple benefits to bringing Evans to Cleveland.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Here is their road map to getting through your next whole-house scrub-down as efficiently as possible.
    Hannah Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
    Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • There is a movement afoot to more efficiently stem the flow of criminals into our jails and prisons.
    John L. Evans Jr, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
  • Then there are starts when the pitcher labors to throw strikes and dispatch the opposition’s offense efficiently.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Lake said many public school districts should take a critical look at how teachers use their time, and think of how to use electronic learning tools more coherently and efficiently.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

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