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
Their generation brings a fluency in technology and innovation that’s poised to move Pitkin Law into the future.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Interdisciplinary fluency will drive exploration of the new edges of innovation.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
But when those toys begin talking back with fluency, memory, and seemingly genuine connection, the boundary between imagination and reality blurs in new and profound ways.
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
Linguistic fluency decreases with more severe misspellings, resulting in more negative responses.
—Annika Abell, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Interdisciplinary fluency will drive exploration of the new edges of innovation.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
But when those toys begin talking back with fluency, memory, and seemingly genuine connection, the boundary between imagination and reality blurs in new and profound ways.
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
Linguistic fluency decreases with more severe misspellings, resulting in more negative responses.
—Annika Abell, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluency
Noun
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Juan Zheng, Assistant Professor in Lehigh’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology program, argues that proficiency with chatbots isn’t enough.—
Samantha Walravens,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs.—
Paul Spann,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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While still remaining a taboo topic in many circles, there is clearly a growing appetite for financial literacy among women.—
Chelsea Fagan,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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One such factor might be the user awareness of AI, gauged by their literacy about AI and the assigning of a magical aura to AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Fluency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluency. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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