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competent

[kom-pi-tuhnt] / ˈkɒm pɪ tənt /


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A: "One thing Brazil has done very well is that financial regulation has been surprisingly consistent across administrations. Competent players in the financial industry have made money in Brazil."

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Competent teams with heart and want-to, like the Denver Nuggets, who are next on the docket Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Competent copycat dramas abound these days, making this show’s place on the lower side of the quality scale’s midrange fairly typical.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

"Competent government" and "competent leadership" were, she said, key to achieving these aims.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

That in the Ascension of Water in Pumps, &c. there needs nothing to raise the Water, but a Competent weight of an External Fluid.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry




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