productivity

Definition of productivitynext
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the rate at which goods are produced or work is completed The country has high agricultural productivity. The company is looking for ways to improve worker productivity. There has been an increase in productivity.

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Recent Examples of productivity Unaddressed by all of this is the preferred option to improve productivity. Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 My last essay explained how higher productivity rates lead to higher economic growth rates and speculated on how the productivity boosts from AI might play out. Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026 Those patterns suggest that, at least so far, AI has acted as a productivity-enhancing tool that boosts employment and wages rather than a simple substitute for labor. Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026 Spirituality has quietly become another part of the everyday tech stack, alongside fitness trackers and all those other productivity apps. Kody Boye, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for productivity

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“Productivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/productivity. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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