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fluency

[floo-uhn-see] / ˈflu ən si /
NOUN
ease of expression
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Then—with humanlike fluency I might characterize as confidence—FSD put its invisible foot down, moving over two lanes to anticipate merging traffic far ahead and put us in the fast lane.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

“People wait their whole life to find their calling,” Casey’s teacher tells her about the scholarship, asserting that a natural fluency in science means it must be her destiny.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Certifications can improve the AI fluency that employers seek now, said Tanyth Lloyd, Korn Ferry’s global vice president for technology and transformation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Verbal fluency refers to the ability to quickly retrieve and produce words.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Since they’d begun their lessons, the princess had greatly improved her fluency in the common tongue, though the girls still spoke Eyllwe.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

The consequences of doing anything with a group today demand these fluencies.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2021

We have others whose fiction consists of autobiography interspersed with philosophic and political fluencies.

From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy

He had not slept well the night before; he was prepared for anything he understood, but computers were not on his roster of acquired fluencies.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

Wells than the appealing urgencies, idealisms, and fluencies that I have found most sympathetic and most admirable.

From H. G. Wells by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford

“It’s not only that,” said Mrs. Church in the tone of one sated with fluencies and disillusioned of diplomas. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James




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