competence
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“I will bring competence, transparency, follow-through, and ethical leadership to City Hall, which Angelenos deserve and too often do not get,” Worth Girvan said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The urge to project a placid, controlled demeanor to friends and lovers is often amplified by the desire to reassure employers of one’s emotional competence.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
"These are not symbolic things; they are concrete demonstrations of what serious partners do, serious partners train together, learn together, plan together, and build the confidence and competence necessary to prevent conflict," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Sleek branding, user-friendly websites, a bespoke logo crafted by a human and not a machine… it’s all indicative of competence nowadays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
With competence comes a new impatience: Why does anybody put up with the wages we’re paid?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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
"Another option is to adopt a document that focuses on specific decisions in the sphere of G20 competences, and let everyone say the rest on their own behalf," Lavrov said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
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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