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competence

[kom-pi-tuhns] / ˈkɒm pɪ təns /


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"If you've got really high autonomy, high social support and you've got some level of competence and confidence then you can succeed."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 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

With competence comes a new impatience: Why does anybody put up with the wages we’re paid?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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