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aptitude

[ap-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈæp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /




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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

His aptitude for garnering media attention also brought him criticism over the course of his career from allies and detractors alike.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

Throughout his 20s he worked in jazz clubs, eventually opening a Tokyo bar and coffee shop despite lacking “the slightest aptitude for running a business.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

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

Mother had been devising a series of job aptitude tests, and the desk by her bed was piled with pamphlets and magazines on psychology.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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