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skill

[skil] / skɪl /


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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

It just would have been really nice if the game was decided by an individual or a piece of skill.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

“I’m always ready,” announced Lorren, who, until exactly two seconds ago, had been changing her skill points around for the thousandth time.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

There are transferable skills people can bring to the construction industry, which is good news for anyone who wants to break in.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He was interested, Berry says, in "developing skills that would maybe at a later point allow him to cure various diseases."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

And then I’ve read job ads that call for skills and qualifications I don’t think most Wharton-MBA-marketer types have, like LLM post-training techniques or a bachelor’s in computer science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Rather than following one narrow professional track, transferable skills have allowed me to adapt across industries and remain employable as circumstances and opportunities changed,” Alaniz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now he used those skills to secretly scout out the countryside for his mother.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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