competences

plural of competence

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Recent Examples of competences Over billions of years, increasingly greater competences evolved. Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And while the game gives some basic tutorials for new abilities, a few mechanics seem intentionally obscured.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It can be built, measured, and lived through five core competencies—each of which enables HR to manage paradoxes rather than collapse them.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Mathematical and analytical competencies Mathematics serves as the universal language of engineering, enabling precise analysis and prediction of system behavior.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Competences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competences. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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