competent
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Prosecutors shelved the original complaint, saying Spanish courts had no jurisdiction over events that allegedly happened in the Caribbean countries, which were "fully competent" to investigate.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’ll be on first-time coordinator Michael Hutchings, who was the Minnesota Vikings’ safeties coach for the last three years, to put together a competent defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mr. Wahlberg and Mr. Abdul-Mateen do a more than competent job of recapturing the feuding-buddies energy that Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte gave “48 Hrs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Coincidentally, last March, Ward gave the green light for Carruthers’ execution after his attorneys had argued that Carruthers was not competent to be executed because he was “consumed by psychotic delusions.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was as if no one expected the police would be interested in yet another disappearance or, if they were, that they would be competent enough to conduct an effective investigation.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing competent
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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