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competence

[kom-pi-tuhns] / ˈkɒm pɪ təns /


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The UFZ researchers operate over a wide range of disciplines from hydrology, toxicology, microbiology and environmental chemistry to social sciences and are part of the UFZ's Microplastics Competence Cluster.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Competence, of course, is nothing to sneeze at.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022

Claude Bruderlein, director of the Geneva-based Center of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation, wants to change COVAX’s equity model to one based on efficiency, prioritizing areas prone to major outbreaks.

From Scientific American • Aug. 26, 2021

Competence to stand trial is indispensable in all courts — but especially in criminal courts.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2020

Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words—Health, Peace, and Competence.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton




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