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competently

[kom-pi-tuhnt-lee] / ˈkɒm pɪ tənt li /


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And I’m sure ExpressVPN’s support staff can handle those enquiries competently and efficiently.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

In a press release issued Friday, Wilson said the company’s transition announcement was a “tremendous failure by the Board to competently plan for the future and manage an effective succession process.”

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

“Beneficiaries of an estate can ask to remove a personal representative when they have demonstrated that they cannot competently manage estate affairs,” according to the Martin Law Office LLC.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

Mr Lee's government has also been credited with competently steering the country through several recessions, the global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic.

From BBC • May 14, 2024

In fact, Mayor Clarkson had agreed that the vast majority of black nurses were doing their work both competently and honestly.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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