1
as in mastery
a highly developed skill in or knowledge of something
surprised by his proficiency at the game after only the briefest explanation of the rules
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as in skills
knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something
acquired proficiency at golf through long hours of practice
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Recent Examples of proficiency
An analysis of Department of Transportation data by the Women of Trucking Advisory Board to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimated about 3.8% of the CDL workforce is limited in English proficiency.
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Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Significantly, this executive order revokes a previous one, issued by President Bill Clinton, which mandated that the federal government offer linguistic access to people with limited English proficiency.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
To perform each individual task effectively, an employee needs a certain level of proficiency in different skills.
—Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Over the past two seasons, Williams’ proficiency in the midrange has become an integral part of the Thunder’s half-court setup, finishing the regular season in the 93rd and 96th percentile in midrange attempts, according to Cleaning the Glass.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Significantly, this executive order revokes a previous one, issued by President Bill Clinton, which mandated that the federal government offer linguistic access to people with limited English proficiency.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
To perform each individual task effectively, an employee needs a certain level of proficiency in different skills.
—Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Over the past two seasons, Williams’ proficiency in the midrange has become an integral part of the Thunder’s half-court setup, finishing the regular season in the 93rd and 96th percentile in midrange attempts, according to Cleaning the Glass.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proficiency
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Three teens display Office tools mastery Zarrah Griffin of Vilonia High School, Myles Healey of Bald Knob High School and Jack Springer of Cabot High School showed off their Microsoft Office skills this week at the 2025 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Grapevine, Texas.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 June 2025
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His tire management mastery won the 2024 Belgian GP before Russell was ultimately disqualified for his car being underweight.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Rather, let your achievements and skills be the standout feature of your resume, not the design.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Employers want to see proof of your skills, not just hear about them.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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While major plot developments have been withheld to preserve the viewing experience, the network has requested spoiler warnings on all reviews.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 June 2025
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Recent California legislation provides health insurance for all undocumented individuals to receive primary care, though in my experience follow-ups for specialized care has been lacking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Specialized expertise is essential in designing, procuring, deploying, operating and maintaining such systems.—
Steven Carlini,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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En route, Grace employs his scientific expertise and ingenious creativity while an uncanny friendship develops with an extraterrestrial being to aid his longshot plight.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 June 2025
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Krebs can play successfully against elites (via Puck IQ), brings enough offence for a middle-six role (via Natural Stat Trick) and is on a value deal (via PuckPedia). Krebs, 24, is a centre in Buffalo, but could easily work on the wing.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Shares of the Japanese gaming giant have jumped 46% this year, adding roughly $39 billion to the stock's value, according to a CNBC calculation of data from S&P Capital IQ.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Soon after taking command, Brovdi outlined a development plan for the USF that focused on boosting domestic munitions production, deploying robotic logistics systems to the front lines and expanding drone pilot training.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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“Proficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proficiency. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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