competence
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When you hear a voice that sounds like your own, that triggers perceptions of competence, morality and integrity, Hyun says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
Among the advantages, he cited "strong competence of the German industry, debt funding capability from the German state and joint experience within the community" on previous fighter jet projects.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Claude understands that he ought to resent them, but he admires their competence and manners, the clean efficiency with which they move.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The official said some EU member states were currently quite cautious on the proposal, given that granting of export licences and security are national competences.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
Concerns include monitoring the competences of therapists and doctors working for digital apps, and worries about "very aggressive marketing" from some of the private companies behind them.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2021
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
Some of you are blessed with competences and some of the competences are greater than others.
From A Little Book for Christmas by Cyrus Townsend Brady
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