competence
Example Sentences
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"He offers a sense of fun, confidence and an aura of competence rooted in individuality and that gives him a different kind of power."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
But having a diploma on the wall is no guarantee of your lawyer’s competence or ethics.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
And then there’s a second issue, which I think might even be at least as important, which is the competence of the implementation.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Maybe achieving great things, and competence itself, is a choice we can make.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Izzi and I exchange a glance at that—his sheer competence is unnerving.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Vocabulary lists containing competence
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