as in ability
the physical or mental power to do something
questioned his competence to finish the task without help
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Recent Examples of competence
Coming up The round of Premier League games is neatly tied off on Monday night, when Champions League hopefuls Brentford host recent discoverers of competence Wolves.
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Those require honesty, competence, and integrity.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
With each lesson, Sydney demonstrates her competence in musicianship and theory.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
No single line embodies both the overflowing kindness and fierce competence of small-town Brainerd's chief of police, Marge Gunderson.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Those require honesty, competence, and integrity.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
With each lesson, Sydney demonstrates her competence in musicianship and theory.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
No single line embodies both the overflowing kindness and fierce competence of small-town Brainerd's chief of police, Marge Gunderson.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for competence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competence
Noun
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Meanwhile, the ability of bots to influence the discourse on Reddit has already been demonstrated.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
22 Mar. 2026
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But Netanyahu has the ability to dissolve the governing coalition before then and call early elections.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Edged has five campuses in operation and planned in Spain and Portugal with total capacity for 380 megawatt (MW).—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Even with those constraints, the winery has continued investing in its operations in recent years, upgrading equipment at a cost of more than $2 million and expanding production capacity at a time when many wineries are scaling back.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Such capability opens up new possibilities for rapid training, remote task execution, and safer operations in environments such as manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer services.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The move comes as the company doubles down on its production capabilities, recently opening a 10,000-plus square foot creative campus in Los Angeles in an effort to expand creative and brand-facing capabilities and provide space for collaborating artists to work onsite.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the absence of ethnic studies, groups like Radical Monarchs help bridge the lack of racial diversity and cultural competency in schools.—
Kamren Curiel,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Trezvant’s lawyer initially entered the motion for a competency evaluation Monday, court records show.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Competence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competence. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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