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Recent Examples of professionalism
Political appointments to pension leadership can also weaken professionalism and investment quality, said the University of Oxford's Clark.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
The sheriff’s office praised the deputies for handling the situation with skill and professionalism.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Turner praised Haliburton’s professionalism, his qualities as a teammate and his devotion to his family.
—Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the easy access to cash gnaws away at professionalism and fosters corruption.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
The sheriff’s office praised the deputies for handling the situation with skill and professionalism.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Turner praised Haliburton’s professionalism, his qualities as a teammate and his devotion to his family.
—Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the easy access to cash gnaws away at professionalism and fosters corruption.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professionalism
competence
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Those demonstrations suggest incremental competence in manipulation and perception, rather than the extreme agility emphasized by Atlas.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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But, traditionally, the judiciary has been concerned about its institutional competence, relative to the other branches’, to evaluate the nature and extent of foreign threats and the policies needed to avert them.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Professionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professionalism. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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