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competently

[kom-pi-tuhnt-lee] / ˈkɒm pɪ tənt li /


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And I’m sure ExpressVPN’s support staff can handle those enquiries competently and efficiently.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 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

Returning director Dan Trachtenberg hits the beats competently but not too stridently, like a good superfan should.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

In fact, Mayor Clarkson had agreed that the vast majority of black nurses were doing their work both competently and honestly.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy