aptitude

Example Sentences

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At a basic level, it resembles a graduate programme for young female drivers who have shown an aptitude in junior levels of karting.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This past Tuesday, the upstart alternative investment firm with an aptitude for private credit announced a financing deal for Meta Platforms’

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Although he was a staunch conservative from the beginning, Rubio showed early on an aptitude for sensing which way the wind was blowing.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

Anderson offers an accelerated learning environment to a select few 4- and 5-year-olds, who are admitted because they have shown an early aptitude that impresses an admiring preschool teacher or a district interviewer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Minnie showed “a remarkable aptitude for the work,” Holmes wrote in his memoir.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson