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skill

[skil] / skɪl /


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For Gurr, content creation is a professional skill that organisations increasingly need, whether someone runs their own business, works in-house, joins an agency or works freelance across multiple clients.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Uncertainty is his native milieu and improvisation his greatest skill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

A menu, she argued, should not require cooks to spend 18 hours peeling pine nuts simply because the chef wants to demonstrate technical skill.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Known as Porchfests, this trend involves a community-driven effort to organize and schedule a day of live performances in a residential area, with musicians of all skill levels and genres performing in assigned time slots.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

His concentration was impressive, as was his brushing skill.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Those are precisely the skills employers increasingly expect graduates to have, and I want to help my students develop them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Those skills absolutely can be taught. Students learn how to plan and produce video content, develop campaigns, understand audiences, analyse performance data and adapt strategies based on that data."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The definition of basic skills varied widely between districts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Finance focuses on practical money skills, while economics develops understanding of broader financial systems.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

“And if you can do the French Drop, you can convince someone that your hands are empty when they’re not. These skills can mean the difference between the success or failure of a mission.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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