competent
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Hoover was competent and corrupt, famously controlling the FBI with an iron fist.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
"Everyone I met was highly competent and cared a great deal about doing the right thing," he wrote.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
In its legal filings, the county said the health regulations were adopted properly and supported by “substantial, competent, and material evidence.”
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Unglamorous and competent are Becerra’s middle names, and they were on display at the debate — for better and mostly worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
But this time there was no elaborate praise and his tone of voice indicated that Mother merely had done the sort of competent job that one might expect from a competent woman.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Vocabulary lists containing competent
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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