How to Use productivity in a Sentence
productivity
noun- There has been an increase in productivity.
- The company is looking for ways to improve worker productivity.
- The country has low agricultural productivity.
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This, in turn, leads to a sneaky productivity that is not the main point, but a happy by-product.
— Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023 -
But don’t be too quick to proclaim that a new era of productivity has emerged.
— Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023 -
The United States has been an exception to the weak productivity gains over the past year.
— Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024 -
And fresh data this week shows that productivity is growing by the fastest pace in three years.
— Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023 -
To amp up your productivity, add the Magic Keyboard to your cart.
— Brittany Vanderbill, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023 -
There were flashes of offensive productivity, and the Aztecs had leads in all three … and were inevitably doomed by a long drought.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024 -
But Hydra was a spot of respite for Cohen, which led to his unique productivity.
— Hazlitt, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Lock away your phone for 1 minute to 10 days, forcing a tech break and boosting productivity.
— Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023 -
And like a lot of productivity gains happen and new markets open up.
— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024 -
When the snow began to melt, his productivity levels rose once again.
— WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023 -
But at a time when efficiency and productivity seem to be at the center of our lives, why do so many of us feel behind and not enough?
— TIME, 17 Oct. 2023 -
Although your focus is on work and productivity right now, this is a good day to relax.
— Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 2 May 2024 -
My worry is for those increases in productivity to put people out of work and make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023 -
Learn how to improve the health and productivity of backyard citrus trees.
— Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023 -
But in his absence, the Warriors missed more than his productivity.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023 -
But what does the science say about clutter and productivity?
— Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Studies of productivity in work-from-home arrangements are all over the map.
— Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Almonte had shown flashes of productivity in the bullpen the last two seasons, though the 29-year-old had battled injuries and was out of minor league options.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Google announced last week that A.I. was coming to its productivity apps like Docs and Sheets, which businesses pay to use.
— Cade Metz, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023 -
But the influx of new technologies designed to improve productivity is on the rise.
— Addie Swartz, Forbes, 17 July 2023 -
The choice is especially acute for those who work outdoors and are paid on an hourly or productivity basis.
— Julia Malleck, Quartz, 13 July 2023 -
Follow through, do the legwork yourself and increase your productivity to meet your needs.
— Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024 -
Sometimes coming up with a prompt for AI is a task within itself, which kind of defeats the purpose of using it for productivity.
— Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023 -
The more relevant input to growth and price control is productivity increase, which is hard to measure and can get lost in the noise of GDP and currency value.
— Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 12 Dec. 2023 -
The 3:2 aspect ratio means the screen is square, which makes the laptop especially great for productivity.
— Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Given the growth in productivity, compensation growth does not appear to be inflationary.
— Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 -
Klarna’s ability to produce so many new startups had little to do with cutbacks at the company or its focus on using AI to boost worker productivity and hiring less people overall, according to Accel’s Bocchio.
— Ryan Browne, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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