competent
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It was what a competent law enforcement organization should do after repeated fatal encounters.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The American people deserve competent leadership and law enforcement that is transparent, accountable, and worthy of the public’s trust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Peter Bradshaw is disagreed in The Guardian, external, calling the film a "competent but pointless and unexciting back-to-basics live-action remake" in his two-star review.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He told AFP that "the presumption of innocence must be preserved... until the facts are established by the competent authorities."
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Hobbes’s point is not that expertise is whatever the sovereign says it is; it is that non-experts can be competent to select experts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing competent
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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