proficient

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One major consequence of the last four years of war is that Ukraine and Russia are now the most experienced and proficient practitioners of drone warfare in the world.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Film critic Elaine Mancini once described Duvall as "the most technically proficient, the most versatile, and the most convincing actor on the screen in the United States."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Unified third-graders tested as proficient or better in English language arts, closing most of a nearly five-percentage-point gap with the state over three years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

The story isn’t all positive: Refugees—who are typically fleeing war, violence or persecution—are less proficient in English than other immigrants and a minority of them remain poor years after arriving in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

So how about the opposite case: what if a mother and father are not only proficient in English but spend their weekends broadening their child’s cultural horizons by taking him to museums?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt