skill

Example Sentences

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There’s also little chemistry in his scenes with Alicia Vikander, herself struggling to find dimension in a trophy girlfriend, whose greatest skill in an ever-changing Russia seems to be as an oligarch whisperer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Eben Upton told the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast this could "distort people's choices in ways that make that skill shortage worse and not better".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Saeid Golkar, an expert on Iran’s security services at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, attributed the failures of the cells to the Revolutionary Guard’s giving priority to of ideology over skill.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

First, people chase other people’s returns without asking whether those returns came from skill or luck.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Whatever bravery or skill I had ever shown were gifts of God—sheer loans from Him of the talent needed to do a job.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom