competence

Example Sentences

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No one, regardless of race or background, can practice medicine in the U.S. without demonstrating the competence to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough - the grisly battle, the hair-on-fire panic, the abysmal lack of anything resembling coherence or even competence - there was the disgrace of the post-match.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

From fewer opportunities to be promoted to perceived competence at a job, researchers have found that mothers earn less money with each additional child they have.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

It would be wrong to read it back into the Scientific Revolution; before the precision instrumentation of the Industrial Revolution impartiality and judgement were virtues, not ways of re-describing professional competence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton