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proficient

[pruh-fish-uhnt] / prəˈfɪʃ ənt /


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The distances are added up, although some of the most proficient skimmers will hit the back wall of the quarry, a distance of 207ft or 63m.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

“We think of them becoming one of the defining companies building open-weight models and specialized enterprise intelligence. We think there’s an aperture for a highly proficient American solution,” Tanger told me.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

People who spoke more languages tended to have younger-looking brains, and the effect also appeared stronger among those who learned another language earlier and became more proficient.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

“I think the thing that people don’t quite understand because he makes it all look so easy is how technically proficient he is, and how many choices he’s making all the time,” Mundy says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Ample warning against such a notion is provided by the academic painters and sculptors of the nineteenth century, who were as a group among the most proficient artists in history—as well as the dullest.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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