proficiency

Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

It also would be helpful to introduce futsal, a much faster, smaller-team version of soccer, at a young age to improve ballhandling, decision-making and technical proficiency under pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 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

“What? But back in the old days—” “Oh, we’ve raised our standards! To pass, you must show proficiency in all twenty. Isn’t that great?”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Most of the proficiencies required can be gained through further education.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

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

To that end, Olson launched "Project Lawrence," an effort to increase cultural proficiencies -- like advanced language training and better knowledge of local history and customs -- for overseas operations.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2011

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