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proficiency

[pruh-fish-uhn-see] / prəˈfɪʃ ən si /


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Despite those high-profile moves, some staff still they need to show AI proficiency - Pamela is one of those.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

She noted that older adults, people with disabilities and people with limited English proficiency will be especially impacted by the loss of services, which may contribute to survivors’ long-term displacement from their communities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Eighth-grade students, many of whom had attended the school for a decade, demonstrated above 50% grade-level proficiency in their final year, the school said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

He touched her cheek lightly, finally feeling the smallest amount of proficiency.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Most of the proficiencies required can be gained through further education.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2023

My language proficiencies overcome those barriers and I have tried to help people who have no idea what to do once they land here.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2022

I sometimes looked in vain for stacks of books along the walls that weren’t didactically aligned with state-ordained, “testable” proficiencies.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2021

Beyoncé’s proficiencies include the art of publicity, and her messaging is as precise as her melisma.

From The New Yorker Apr. 18, 2019

The peculiar proficiencies of great epochs are as astonishing as the exploits of individual frenzy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various




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