competence
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Yet the future secretary of state — and architect of the Marshall Plan — was most concerned with competence and candor leading to military effectiveness.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nepotism drives out talent like Miller’s, and neither competence nor grit can be passed down as reliably as a bank account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They can suffer from lower perceived competence, burn out, and ultimately quit or flee to other sports to escape the older sibling’s shadow, which isn’t necessarily a negative course correction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Someone who has accumulated $2 million or more in retirement savings has demonstrated financial discipline and competence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The experience cut him deeply, in particular the fact his competence lay exposed to the review of a bureaucrat over whom he had no influence.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
These types of companies "will move elsewhere" if they can't find the right IT competences in Sweden, argues Jeppeson.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
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
He’ll also discuss potential changes to EU competences and ways to improve communication between elites and the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2016
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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