competent
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A female survivor will not necessarily prefer a female officer, and gender alone does not make someone a competent interviewer, although evidence suggests that it does help.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
A judge found Ortiz competent to stand trial on Tuesday during a hearing at the Hollywood mental health court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The woman who allegedly shot up Rihanna's luxury Los Angeles home is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Critical to the show’s success is Chris’s producer, Andie, played by Merritt Wever as the striving, harried yet competent organizer of the operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I wasn’t sure it was even possible to be a truly competent gallery officer.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing competent
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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