competence
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With medicalization, we assume care, we assume competence, we certainly assume humanity.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Proceedings had earlier been suspended after doubts were raised over Ortiz's mental competence, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi on Tuesday reinstated criminal proceedings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Helping him learn healthy money habits could instill a sense of confidence and competence that he might not gain from simply having money handed to him.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Yet the future secretary of state — and architect of the Marshall Plan — was most concerned with competence and candor leading to military effectiveness.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
I let the staffers know through painstaking displays of competence and efficiency that I was serious about the work however menial and clerical, and that I was ready to do what anyone of authority required.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
These types of companies "will move elsewhere" if they can't find the right IT competences in Sweden, argues Jeppeson.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
"Today, the rule of law has won over the usurpation of competences," Michal Wojcik wrote on Twitter.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2021
Instead of "left" versus "right," think of two different core competences.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2020
“It’s the degree of specialization, the number of factories you’d need and the number of competences to make all the different parts,” Fowler said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
It is true that numerous Uitlanders acquired competences, and some were amassing fortunes, but such prizes were comparatively few.
From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by C. H. Thomas
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