aptitude
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Did your wide-ranging aptitude come from confidence, or talent?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
If exams placed greater emphasis on hands-on experience and aptitude, he suggests, schools might adapt their methods and help address India's jobs crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
You are actively engaged in managing more than $600,000 of your assets, roughly a quarter of your overall retirement savings, and appear to have shown an aptitude for doing so.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lodge is being a bit modest when he plays down his family’s business aptitude.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Ricci realized that Galileo had an aptitude for the subject and supported him when he asked Vincenzio if he could switch his studies from medicine to mathematics.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
The process would create a database of military-age Germans that details their physical and mental health, their skills and aptitudes, and their willingness to serve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Children can start learning at these levels at different ages, decided by the school depending on "individual needs and aptitudes".
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
The paper's authors add that the results could potentially help better illuminate the learning process, identify the causes behind certain afflictions, and spot sound-related aptitudes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023
Fox could argue, plausibly if uncomfortably, that some of its performers are entertainers lacking aptitudes, motives or incentives for making journalistic judgments about meretricious statements uttered on their programs.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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