proficiency
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And the number of truck drivers has been constrained in recent months by new federal rules enforcing English-language proficiency and narrowing the pool of immigrants eligible for non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Don’t feel that you have to have reached a certain proficiency before you start reaching out to others.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Behind it all are tens of thousands of hours of handcrafted proficiency.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
But in his address to the diaspora gathering, Ruto said Kenya's education system produced strong English proficiency and that it was difficult to understand Nigerians when they spoke English.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“So we set up a program to assist and improve the proficiency of aviation English.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing proficiency
Power Prefix: pro
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Twelve Years a Slave
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