proficiency
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His four goals and four assists along with creating 54 chances, including nine big chances, highlight his proficiency at both ends of the pitch.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A 2021 state law required third-graders scoring just below reading proficiency to show “adequate growth” at the end of summer camps to advance to fourth grade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
There is skill, and there is craft, and the difference between the two is contentment with proficiency versus an unsettled desire to create greatness out of nothing, to chase a dream.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
“In today’s world, a valuable education includes proficiency at workforce-related tools, whether those are specific to a student’s degree or more generally applicable like generative AI,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
As with all other musical skills, there are many different levels and kinds of proficiency.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Most of the proficiencies required can be gained through further education.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
My language proficiencies overcome those barriers and I have tried to help people who have no idea what to do once they land here.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2022
I sometimes looked in vain for stacks of books along the walls that weren’t didactically aligned with state-ordained, “testable” proficiencies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Beyoncé’s proficiencies include the art of publicity, and her messaging is as precise as her melisma.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2019
The peculiar proficiencies of great epochs are as astonishing as the exploits of individual frenzy.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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