proficient
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In reading, the percentage of students scoring as proficient or better was 46.5% for L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Lowery makes proficient use of the confined setting where Sam and Mary reunite, building a two-hander chamber drama around Coel and Hathaway’s fervent commitment to the weird and inane.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The fire brigade, for example, "were really most proficient in the city at that time".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Shale companies have become proficient at drilling fewer but much longer horizontal wells, which allows them to trim costs and still extract more crude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
He became so proficient in his studies that, even before he graduated, he was hired to teach classes in Greek, Latin, algebra, and penmanship.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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