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.
  • Build yours now and watch your productivity go through the roof.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • One is a simple productivity app that tracks tasks and time spent on them.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But don’t be too quick to proclaim that a new era of productivity has emerged.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023
  • This worked wonders for me, and my productivity went through the roof.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 5 June 2022
  • Jobs will change because tasks will change, but work grows with productivity.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • More broadly, this shift is about more than just productivity gains.
    — Bruce Broussard, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And fresh data this week shows that productivity is growing by the fastest pace in three years.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • And like a lot of productivity gains happen and new markets open up.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
  • For task-heavy work, productivity may mean getting more done.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • To try to help boost his productivity, his solution was to hack sleep.
    — Katherine Sayre, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The right scentscape can transform any work space into one of calm and productivity.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Do you guys need more three-point attempts to increase productivity from the line?
    — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • America has been on a productivity tear for the past few years.
    — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Slow growth and lagging productivity have plagued Britain for more than a decade.
    — Dan Balz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • My rule of thumb is to use productivity gains to ship more ideas faster and show the team exactly how roles can evolve.
    — Daniel Jebaraj, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • When the snow began to melt, his productivity levels rose once again.
    — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But trust, like productivity, is not an abstract virtue.
    — Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Once your work — er, day — is done, rate your productivity level on a scale from one to 10.
    — Katarina Avendaño, Good Housekeeping, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Not to mention, there can be a big productivity strain on teams filling the void of former staff.
    — Jeff Kiesel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What keeps productivity high is the way the printer manages resin and layers for you.
    — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Does your productivity rhythm feel off?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • What had promised to be a boom to workplace productivity was, for several years, a bust.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Work has always been about more than productivity.
    — Brian Hamilton, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The compound returns over six months will be worth more than any productivity hack based on willpower alone.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • There’s a productivity win here, sure.
    — John Schneider, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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