proficiencies

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

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

To that end, Olson launched "Project Lawrence," an effort to increase cultural proficiencies -- like advanced language training and better knowledge of local history and customs -- for overseas operations.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2011

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