competencies

noun

plural of competency
as in abilities
the physical or mental power to do something she's proved that she has the competency to run a major company

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Recent Examples of competencies This involves taking clinical boards and maintaining certification with dedicated maintenance of competencies. — Nishtha Sareen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Do the activities encourage time spent interacting with others online, which can help young people develop important skills and competencies? — Gabriel E. Hales, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 The two companies also have separate core competencies, with Stripe focused on merchants and PayPal embracing 430 million consumer accounts. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 15 July 2026 This perspective informs Mentor126’s direction and involves the same three competencies any human mentor would use. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Whether a young child is learning to pour carefully or an Elementary student is learning to manage time, responsibilities, and relationships, these everyday experiences build essential competencies. — Jose Bolaños, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Residency programs are guided by a set of core competencies intended to standardize assessment across training environments. — Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026
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  1. abilities
  2. skills
  3. capacities
Noun
  • Combined with the stealthy abilities of submarines, this will provide the new boats with a crucial ability to get inside China’s missile defenses, analysts say.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The third iteration, released in 2024, expanded its prediction abilities to interactions among proteins and other molecules, including DNA, RNA and potential drugs.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of abilities
Noun
  • The same skills made college graduates Great Recession-proof and dotcom-bust-proof.
    — Douglas A. Hicks, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • It’s designed for anyone who wants to retain information more effectively, whether that’s preparing for exams, remembering presentations, learning new skills, or simply reducing forgetfulness.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of skills
Noun
  • While resilience helps withstand pressure, sustained excellence demands a deliberate rhythm between effort and recovery, protecting essential leadership capacities.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But in the past two years, the likes of Claude and ChatGPT have dramatically expanded the capacities of agents—and, in doing so, have spurred a rethinking of how the internet itself works.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of capacities

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