aptitude
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Throughout his 20s he worked in jazz clubs, eventually opening a Tokyo bar and coffee shop despite lacking “the slightest aptitude for running a business.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
This past Tuesday, the upstart alternative investment firm with an aptitude for private credit announced a financing deal for Meta Platforms’
From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025
Although he was a staunch conservative from the beginning, Rubio showed early on an aptitude for sensing which way the wind was blowing.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
Greaves started playing with her older brother Taylor, who had a dartboard in his bedroom, and quickly showed her aptitude for the game.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
I had to take an aptitude test before I started, and, based on the results of the test, the school counselor told me, “You’re going to be in the smart classes, the A classes.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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