as in ability
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 competency
This contemporary multiliterate user thus has the competency of understanding and strategically employing the multimodal interactions of these modes to create meaning in the context of hypermedia.
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Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Last month, Rodriguez-Singh was found incompetent to stand trial on a capital murder charge in her son’s death, and she will be sent to a state mental health facility until her competency is restored.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026
Castelblanco-Robles and Rios-Cuadros pleaded not guilty, while Rodriguez-Pulido is scheduled for a mental competency hearing June 16.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Judge Shannon Cooley halted the case against Ivanna Ortiz, 35, after meeting privately with a public defender and finding enough evidence to question Ortiz’s mental competency, a court source confirmed to Rolling Stone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Last month, Rodriguez-Singh was found incompetent to stand trial on a capital murder charge in her son’s death, and she will be sent to a state mental health facility until her competency is restored.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026
Castelblanco-Robles and Rios-Cuadros pleaded not guilty, while Rodriguez-Pulido is scheduled for a mental competency hearing June 16.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Judge Shannon Cooley halted the case against Ivanna Ortiz, 35, after meeting privately with a public defender and finding enough evidence to question Ortiz’s mental competency, a court source confirmed to Rolling Stone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for competency
Noun
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Iran's ability to impede shipping traffic through the strait, which transports roughly 20% of the world's oil, has roiled the global economy and driven up gas prices in the United States.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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Davis’ ability to reflect and respond with his pithy probing of the disagreeing chord turned chaos into something cogent.—
Steven D. Reske,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Earlier, Mars square Pluto may expose tension between future plans and daily capacity.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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Broadly speaking this project aims to advance technology for REE processing from domestic resources and specifically seeks to supports the development of pre-commercial separation capacity in the United States.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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No creativity Tottenham’s absence of a natural ball progressor in midfield hindered their capabilities in attack.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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More importantly, such economies fail to build the industrial capabilities that generate lasting national wealth.—
W. Gyude Moore,
semafor.com,
25 May 2026
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Criteria for selection included capacity for leadership, ethical and moral character along with academic competence.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Vingegaard in complete command of the maglia rosa For the first half of this Giro, the impression created by Jonas Vingegaard was one of quiet competence.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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“Competency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competency. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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