efficiency expert

noun

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

called also efficiency engineer

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Musk is, essentially an efficiency expert in service of the Trump Administration. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 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

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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 19 Apr. 2025.

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