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
Hiring decisions are based on skills and competencies, not only verbal or social performance.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Advanced analytics tools help reframe an FFS mindset with appropriate incentives, building competency in VBC models that require taking on more clinical and financial risk.
—David Snow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Wyle has plenty of experience projecting competency after playing the emergency physician John Carter for most of ER’s run.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
With more competency at quarterback, New York has the pieces and assets for a successful reboot.
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Advanced analytics tools help reframe an FFS mindset with appropriate incentives, building competency in VBC models that require taking on more clinical and financial risk.
—David Snow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Wyle has plenty of experience projecting competency after playing the emergency physician John Carter for most of ER’s run.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
With more competency at quarterback, New York has the pieces and assets for a successful reboot.
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for competency
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At the heart of that debate is a nearly century-old legal precedent: Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 Supreme Court ruling that limited the President’s ability to remove leaders of independent agencies without cause.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Hunter’s defense, ball handling ability and 3-point shooting shined in March Madness and her inclusion in the starting five also brought out the best in Van Lith.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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By creating programs that reduce or eliminate development fees, nonprofit organizations will have increased capacity to build more.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The same is generally true for memory capacity, too.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Spigen Life Passport Wallet $35 $30 at Amazon The low-profile Spigen Life passport wallet adds minimal bulk to your pocket while boasting RFID-blocking capabilities and organizational elements.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2025
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Our forces have struck hundreds of targets and decimated Houthi leadership, substantially reducing their capabilities and the threat to U.S. ships in the Red Sea and across and through the BAM (Bab al Mandab Strait).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Russia is one of world’s most advanced producers of nuclear technology and energy, and is taking advantage of this core competence to expand its own nuclear power stations export capacity.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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This term refers to a degree of competence that suggests the individual is among the small fraction of people who have reached the pinnacle of their profession.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Competency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competency. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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