diff --git a/theta/include/theta_set_difference_base_impl.hpp b/theta/include/theta_set_difference_base_impl.hpp
index 02317816..40f94a2f 100644
--- a/theta/include/theta_set_difference_base_impl.hpp
+++ b/theta/include/theta_set_difference_base_impl.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ CS theta_set_difference_base<EN, EK, CS, A>::compute(FwdSketch&& a, const Sketch
         const uint64_t hash = EK()(entry);
         if (hash < theta) {
           auto result = table.find(hash);
-          if (!result.second) entries.push_back(conditional_forward<FwdSketch>(entry));
+          if (!result.second) entries.emplace_back(conditional_forward<FwdSketch>(entry));
         } else if (a.is_ordered()) {
           break; // early stop
         }
diff --git a/tuple/include/array_tuple_sketch_impl.hpp b/tuple/include/array_tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
index 42b39216..ad0c999c 100644
--- a/tuple/include/array_tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
+++ b/tuple/include/array_tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ compact_array_tuple_sketch<Array, Allocator> compact_array_tuple_sketch<Array, A
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_entries; ++i) {
       Array summary(num_values, 0, allocator);
       read(is, summary.data(), num_values * sizeof(typename Array::value_type));
-      entries.push_back(Entry(keys[i], std::move(summary)));
+      entries.emplace_back(keys[i], std::move(summary));
     }
   }
   if (!is.good()) throw std::runtime_error("error reading from std::istream");
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ compact_array_tuple_sketch<Array, Allocator> compact_array_tuple_sketch<Array, A
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_entries; ++i) {
       Array summary(num_values, 0, allocator);
       ptr += copy_from_mem(ptr, summary.data(), num_values * sizeof(typename Array::value_type));
-      entries.push_back(Entry(keys[i], std::move(summary)));
+      entries.emplace_back(keys[i], std::move(summary));
     }
   }
   const bool is_empty = flags_byte & (1 << flags::IS_EMPTY);
diff --git a/tuple/include/tuple_sketch_impl.hpp b/tuple/include/tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
index e5bf8340..b3f2d0bd 100644
--- a/tuple/include/tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
+++ b/tuple/include/tuple_sketch_impl.hpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ entries_(other.get_allocator())
 {
   entries_.reserve(other.get_num_retained());
   for (uint64_t hash: other) {
-    entries_.push_back(Entry(hash, summary));
+    entries_.emplace_back(hash, summary);
   }
   if (ordered && !other.is_ordered()) std::sort(entries_.begin(), entries_.end(), comparator());
 }
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ compact_tuple_sketch<S, A> compact_tuple_sketch<S, A>::deserialize(std::istream&
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_entries; ++i) {
       const auto key = read<uint64_t>(is);
       sd.deserialize(is, summary.get(), 1);
-      entries.push_back(Entry(key, std::move(*summary)));
+      entries.emplace_back(key, std::move(*summary));
       (*summary).~S();
     }
   }
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ compact_tuple_sketch<S, A> compact_tuple_sketch<S, A>::deserialize(const void* b
       uint64_t key;
       ptr += copy_from_mem(ptr, key);
       ptr += sd.deserialize(ptr, base + size - ptr, summary.get(), 1);
-      entries.push_back(Entry(key, std::move(*summary)));
+      entries.emplace_back(key, std::move(*summary));
       (*summary).~S();
     }
   }