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fluency

noun

Definition of fluencynext
as in proficiency
a state of having mastery of or proficiency in a skill The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad.

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Recent Examples of fluency Rather than a big leap in fluency, however, the test results reflect the Arizona Department of Education lowering the grade needed to pass. — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026 Build Your Financial And Business Fluency Develop fluency in financial metrics and business outcomes. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 And people also treat their varying levels of fluency as games of one-upmanship. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Subsequent research actually backed him up, finding that habitual calculator use before students had internalized basic arithmetic weakened their mental fluency and fact retrieval. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fluency
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  1. proficiency
  2. literacy
Noun
  • That’s a pretty basic tenet of cultural proficiency, which some seem to have forgotten.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The association acknowledged concerns raised by DHS around fraud with commercial driver’s licenses, unqualified drivers and English language proficiency.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of proficiency
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  • Addressing them is where AI literacy at the leadership level becomes operational.
    — Nacho De Marco, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This kind of media literacy is increasingly relevant as synthetic voices become more common and more convincing.
    — Will Jones, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of literacy

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“Fluency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluency. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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