proficient
Example Sentences
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Law-enforcement officers at the same time have been taking commercial drivers off the road who are deemed not to be proficient in English.
Unified third-graders tested as proficient or better in English language arts, closing most of a nearly five-percentage-point gap with the state over three years.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s not enough to just be technically proficient,” he said.
From MarketWatch
The story isn’t all positive: Refugees—who are typically fleeing war, violence or persecution—are less proficient in English than other immigrants and a minority of them remain poor years after arriving in the U.S.
“I think this is probably the need for them to make sure that they are proficient at the kinds of actions they would need to do in the Caribbean.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
