competence

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

It isn’t evidence of a candidate’s competence or capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I let the staffers know through painstaking displays of competence and efficiency that I was serious about the work however menial and clerical, and that I was ready to do what anyone of authority required.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

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 for the men who were the early captains of railway industry, they none of them secured more than modest competences.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott