competently

Example Sentences

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That can be incredibly unsettling, especially to do-it-yourselfers used to handling finances competently on their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

In a press release issued Friday, Wilson said the company’s transition announcement was a “tremendous failure by the Board to competently plan for the future and manage an effective succession process.”

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

“Beneficiaries of an estate can ask to remove a personal representative when they have demonstrated that they cannot competently manage estate affairs,” according to the Martin Law Office LLC.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

Ensuring that heat pumps are installed competently is paramount, says Steven Metcalf at the University of Warwick.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

In fact, Mayor Clarkson had agreed that the vast majority of black nurses were doing their work both competently and honestly.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy