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"Efficacy" in a Sentence (14 examples)
Don't confuse "efficacy" with "efficiency".
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of SAR through a randomized controlled trail.
This practice is of dubious efficacy.
Testing a vaccine for safety and efficacy will take 12 to 18 months or more.
The potential vaccine showed better than 90% efficacy in Phase 3 tests.
In Malawi, a survey by the Ministry of Health to help ascertain the efficacy of the vaccine has shown its effectiveness in fighting the coronavirus.
We had the mental acumen, the efficacy of the bow and arrow, opposite the clumsy musket.
While many anti-vaxxers question the safety and efficacy of vaccines, opposition to vaccination is often couched in libertarian terms: It’s my body, my choice.
The appearance of these variants has triggered consternation and many questions regarding their potential impact on the efficacy of newly developed vaccines against the coronavirus.
The Director of the Preclinical and Translational Cancer Research Program at the American Cancer Society said the study is exciting because it shows efficacy with humans.
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[…]and this hath even made me ſuſpect the efficacy of reliques, to examine the bones, queſtion the habits and appurtenances of Saints, and even of Chriſt himſelf.
No method of verification known to science is applicable to the efficacy of prayer. […] If, then, the efficacy of prayer eludes the test of science, and if even uncertainty may rest upon the connection between an event asked in prayer, and the prayer that sought it, is there any evidence by which the efficacy of prayer may be tested and known?
2005, Flay et al. Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination DOI: 10.1007/s11121-005-5553-y Efficacy refers to the beneficial effects of a program or policy under optimal conditions of delivery, whereas effectiveness refers to effects of a program or policy under more real-world conditions.
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