competent
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As a child, she tried to please him by memorizing his favorite songs and being smart and competent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"I know how important this job is and I know how much it needs a good and competent minister. It quickly became apparent how ill it was making me."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was what a competent law enforcement organization should do after repeated fatal encounters.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Infantino said he had explained to Trump that "there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA's independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies".
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
And I know we make fun of Bunny for being such a dreadful Latinist, but he’d managed to eke out a pretty competent little English translation of the more recent entries.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing competent
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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