competently

Example Sentences

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An attorney for Sampath did not respond to requests for comment but had earlier defended his client as fully and competently providing all contracted services to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

They also know that, as Afghanistan showed, those complex consular issues can become for much of the public the most vivid way of judging how competently the government is handling an international crisis.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

In a press release issued Friday, Wilson said the company’s transition announcement was a “tremendous failure by the Board to competently plan for the future and manage an effective succession process.”

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

“Beneficiaries of an estate can ask to remove a personal representative when they have demonstrated that they cannot competently manage estate affairs,” according to the Martin Law Office LLC.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

Colonel Cathcart transferred a round glass paperweight competently from the right edge of his desk to the left edge and picked up a sharpened pencil.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller