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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

He oversees a team of IT workers at four hospital locations and says interns are often technically proficient when they arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In Renaissance Italy, with its patchwork of independent city-states and republics, widespread warfare encouraged the expansion of citizen militias proficient in firearms for civic defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Hercules had learned his skills in Mount Vernon’s kitchen, and Wash Custis later described Hercules as “a celebrated artiste...as highly accomplished a proficient in the culinary art as could be found in the United States.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis