competence
Example Sentences
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Maybe achieving great things, and competence itself, is a choice we can make.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“Yesteryear” strays from this well-worn narrative with Natalie, a deliciously unlikable protagonist whose greatest flaw is her competence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The crew handled the systems with competence and grace.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
"The Volkswagen company's activities in the defence sector would rather focus on military transport, because that is our core competence."
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The experience cut him deeply, in particular the fact his competence lay exposed to the review of a bureaucrat over whom he had no influence.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing competence
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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