How to Use competency in a Sentence

competency

noun

• Critics have questioned the director's competency.
• Not a set of competencies checked against a rubric.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
• But if no one has that competency, ads like these will slip through over and over again.
  — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• In their stead is a bullpen that lacks star power but offers a road map to competency.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• His mental competency has come into question in the case at least four times thus far.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
• And competency in that area is worth its weight in gold in the NFL.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
• Should Edwards regain competency, the state will be able to file charges against him.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• This seems cute on paper, but in practice, there's no getting around the game's lack of paths to competency.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
• Adamson was due back in court later this month for a competency hearing in a second case.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
• Plans shift quickly in the face of crisis, and industry savvy and core competency can be put to the test.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
• Redstone had been in ailing health for years, and his health and competency had been the focus of court battles.
  — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2020
• Miyake said Phan should be sent to a hospital for four months to have his competency restored.
  — Martha Bellisle, Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Forbes reported these as the top competencies employees will need in the next five years.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
• At the time, his competency to stand trial was raised by his defense attorney.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
• The state agreed to make fixes to the competency restoration system last year in March.
  — Sierra Pfeifer, Oklahoman, 27 Jan. 2026
• All the while, the Giants have been telling the fanbase that competency is the same as contention.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
• At least three mental competency hearings were ordered for Dixon in the first few months of the case.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
• His lawyer in the Saleh case requested a competency hearing, which will take place next month.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
• Despite the new name, the hackers have maintained their core competency in doing evil.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 2 June 2021
• Once a competency decision has been made, the accused who do go to trial have the right to a defense.
  — Janell Ross, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
• At the hearing, a judge asked Cruz questions to test his mental competency.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
• Such treatments can take months or, in rare cases, even years, before competency is restored – if at all.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Blackburn's mental competency became a cause of concern for some in her final months on the bench.
  — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 July 2025
• Carter's competency to understand the charges against him and assist in his defense has been in question.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2019
• That’s a basic management competency issue, and the buck has to stop at the mayor’s desk.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
• First comes the screener call, then the face-to-face-interviews, maybe a test, and likely some take-home work to prove your competency.
  — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• Yet the ballot appeared to be a competency test full of potential trick questions.
  — Allyson McCabe, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
• In the sprint of the four-week runoff, Warnock is making the overtime race about character and competency.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• Learn from that and then get incredibly good rebuild core competencies.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
• Events of the last few days have done more than damage Biden's reputation for competency.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021