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competence

[kom-pi-tuhns] / ˈkɒm pɪ təns /


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Sleek branding, user-friendly websites, a bespoke logo crafted by a human and not a machine… it’s all indicative of competence nowadays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

With medicalization, we assume care, we assume competence, we certainly assume humanity.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Proceedings had earlier been suspended after doubts were raised over Ortiz's mental competence, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi on Tuesday reinstated criminal proceedings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Helping him learn healthy money habits could instill a sense of confidence and competence that he might not gain from simply having money handed to him.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

But only the truly gifted ever leave that stage of traditional competence and become creators in their own right.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

These types of companies "will move elsewhere" if they can't find the right IT competences in Sweden, argues Jeppeson.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

"I was very happy there, I could work, people saw me as a person with competences and not like a problem," she said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022

Instead of "left" versus "right," think of two different core competences.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2020

“It’s the degree of specialization, the number of factories you’d need and the number of competences to make all the different parts,” Fowler said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018

These patiently and painstakingly accumulated vast acquirements and competences needed but one thing more—opportunity—to convert themselves into triumphal action.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain


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