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Examples of expertise in a Sentence
While the declared nuclear powers have wobbled in their commitment to get rid of their arsenals, the rise of a global black market in nuclear expertise and materials has made the Bomb more attainable for everyone else. —Michael Elliott, Time, 1 Aug. 2005
The English magazine The Spectator employs me as “Dear Mary,” a so-called agony aunt, in which capacity I have over the years gained considerable expertise in various areas of etiquette … —Mary Killen, Atlantic, May 2001
Can anyone out there drive a bloody automobile? By driving I do not mean simply guiding a two-ton lump of steel and plastic along a smooth stretch of macadam, but actually steering, braking, and shifting the thing with a modicum of competence, if not outright expertise. —Brock Yates, Car & Driver, October 2001
If a company that spends millions of dollars a year on a fancy advertising campaign to brag about its Web design expertise can't steer a motivated buyer like me to a Buy Now button in less than 30 minutes, then what hope is there for smaller, less experienced retail sites? —Michelle Slatalla, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2001
His expertise on defense will help the team.
her expertise in legal matters
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Government does not need to be run like a business, but the curriculum developers thought that mayors could benefit from expertise supplied by academics and by actual managers.
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Thus far, a combination of resources and expertise have allowed for success in captive rearing and breeding of Eastern indigos, and the effort continues to grow.
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Local bartenders and mixologists put their expertise to work crafting an impressive array of comic themed cocktails to keep spirits high and the character-inspired party going.
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Huffington, indeed, has a bunch of astonishing accomplishments on her résumé, but perhaps the greatest is expertise in her own personal re-invention.
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Harold’s Chicken Shack and Sports Bar is coming to Hollywood Boulevard, bringing along 67 years of poultry-frying expertise, and a deliciously brutal logo featuring a cleaver-wielding chef chasing a chicken.
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Abdikulov said one of the reasons for the sport's growth in the U.S. has been the number of standout competitors and coaches from the former Soviet Union who have relocated to these shores and shared their expertise with American fencers.
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Tait had established some expertise analyzing Clinton’s emails.
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Hospitals that receive SCPC CPC Accreditation status have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients who present with symptoms of a heart attack.
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Origin and Etymology of expertise
French, from Middle French, expertness, from expert
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: special skill or knowledge : the skill or knowledge an expert has
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