mastership

as in proficiency
a highly developed skill in or knowledge of something we're still working on mastership of the new computer system

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Noun
  • Even improved proficiency with AI doesn’t reliably mitigate the automation bias.
    Nelson Lim, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After the first group of trainees, mostly middle-class, English-speaking, and with military connections, more and more refugees coming from more rural areas or with lower proficiency levels also entered the industry.
    Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • The deck team is able to undock with no big disaster, and though Josh worried about proving his mastery of Spanish cuisine, his lunchtime paella is a hit.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Circle of Courage—an Indigenous framework shared by Sioux researcher Martin Brokenleg—names these as belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.
    Jonathon Reed, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Mastership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastership. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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