competence
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Sleek branding, user-friendly websites, a bespoke logo crafted by a human and not a machine… it’s all indicative of competence nowadays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
With medicalization, we assume care, we assume competence, we certainly assume humanity.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the wake of the Carruthers debacle, substantial questions were raised about Fowler’s ethics and competence, but they did not deter Tennessee from calling on him again.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Proceedings had earlier been suspended after doubts were raised over Ortiz's mental competence, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi on Tuesday reinstated criminal proceedings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
There’s no easy way to raise your writing from competence to artistry.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
The first minister said it would be a "detailed, meaningful exercise reflecting on where powers and specific competences should lie, how regional working works best and what effective cooperation looks like".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The government said in a statement that the prosecutor, which operates independently, was acting "within the scope of its autonomy and competences".
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2022
Instead of "left" versus "right," think of two different core competences.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2020
“It’s the degree of specialization, the number of factories you’d need and the number of competences to make all the different parts,” Fowler said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
As servant girls they can command wages here that would give them comfortable competences in a short time, with very little offered in return.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
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