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in a skillful or expert manner
an administrator who can deal with the problems quickly and proficiently
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Recent Examples of proficiently
The sharpest declines were in foundational skills, with 70% of fourth-graders—at least 2 million kids—unable to read proficiently, up from 66% in 2019, and 73% of eighth-graders failing at math proficiency, compared with 67% in 2019.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
These are the men and women who will steer the fate of Chicago Public Schools, helping to make decisions that affect whether CPS can get kids reading and writing proficiently and whether the district can stabilize its finances.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Reading outcomes also reflect these challenges; 61% of Broward third graders and 56% in Miami-Dade are reading at grade level, leaving more than 17,000 third graders across both counties not reading proficiently.
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Sky Beard,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
In recent years, these programs have been used to process a huge volume of data far more proficiently and efficiently than scientists can manage alone.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
Most elementary grades’ reading levels stayed the same from the prior year, with approximately 65% to 69% of students reading proficiently.
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Shawn Datchuk,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
There are two elements to DeLauter’s swing, Fink said, that make something that looks so unorthodox work so proficiently.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Students who are not reading proficiently by third grade are far less likely to graduate from high school, and more likely to wind up incarcerated.
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Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
All three of her children are now reading proficiently and practice their skills every night.
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Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
These are the men and women who will steer the fate of Chicago Public Schools, helping to make decisions that affect whether CPS can get kids reading and writing proficiently and whether the district can stabilize its finances.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Reading outcomes also reflect these challenges; 61% of Broward third graders and 56% in Miami-Dade are reading at grade level, leaving more than 17,000 third graders across both counties not reading proficiently.
—
Sky Beard,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
In recent years, these programs have been used to process a huge volume of data far more proficiently and efficiently than scientists can manage alone.
—
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
Most elementary grades’ reading levels stayed the same from the prior year, with approximately 65% to 69% of students reading proficiently.
—
Shawn Datchuk,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
There are two elements to DeLauter’s swing, Fink said, that make something that looks so unorthodox work so proficiently.
—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Students who are not reading proficiently by third grade are far less likely to graduate from high school, and more likely to wind up incarcerated.
—
Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
All three of her children are now reading proficiently and practice their skills every night.
—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proficiently
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While traditional tailoring and minimalist silhouettes dominated the red carpet, prospects masterfully personalized their looks.
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Son moved fast, especially up the left wing, and arced balls masterfully into the corners of the net.
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In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
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The staff knows the menu and wine list back to front, and buzz around the dining room quickly and skillfully.
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Counties weren’t named for them until well after their deaths.
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But its usefulness extends well beyond northern Italian cuisine.
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Backed by tens of thousands of raucous fans in the Los Angeles area, Bosnia capably hung with Switzerland into the second half — until the hydration break led to a moment of brilliance from Manzambi, a 20-year-old Geneva native who plays for German club Freiburg.
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Boston College transfer Omar Thornton also is an accomplished safety, but UM used him primarily at nickel cornerback this spring, a role handled capably last season by Keionte Scott, who’s now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Unless operated competently such missiles may be worse than useless.
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The real issue is whether AI is being implemented transparently, responsibly and accountably — and whether regulators themselves understand these systems well enough to govern them competently.
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Seated near the senators, a woman in a crisp white uniform appears to listen in, her hands folded neatly in her lap.
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Legacy is what keeps many founders going when the numbers no longer add up neatly.
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To Jordan Flowers, the executive director of the Disclosure Foundation, the film ably dramatizes what his organization has been trying to tell the general public ever since those modern whistleblowers started coming forward ten years ago.
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England's squad is spearheaded by Harry Kane, who is ably supported by the likes of Reece James, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, and Anthony Gordon.
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The characters have little time to make life-or-death decisions, let alone ruminate, and the action vacillates between triage and doctors expertly improvising solutions — like Mel (Taylor Dearden) donating her own blood, and Javadi (Shabana Azeez) going MacGyver mode with a tracheal tube.
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The latter sequence is edge-of-your-seat stuff, expertly shot with terrified eye-to-eye closeups.
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“Proficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proficiently. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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