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competency

[kom-pi-tuhn-see] / ˈkɒm pɪ tən si /


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The calls were recorded last year while he was being treated for four months in a mental health unit at a federal prison in North Carolina to see if he could regain competency.

From BBC

In the absence of ethnic studies, groups like Radical Monarchs help bridge the lack of racial diversity and cultural competency in schools.

From Los Angeles Times

One doctor never examined her, while another barely spoke to her; either of these issues could invalidate competency declarations and expose medical misconduct, fraud and/or conspiracy.

From MarketWatch

Threading the needle between investors’ need for information and a company’s ability to focus on its core competency isn’t easy—but in some ways the SEC’s proposal fails at both.

From Barron's

Last August, the Australian government banned remote or at-home tests to assess the language competency of migrants.

From BBC