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as in skillfulness
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
with unbelievable skill, the expert in origami transformed a few sheets of paper into a menagerie of exotic animals
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as in expertise
skills plural
knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something
he had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea
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Recent Examples of skill
However, access to training opportunities for STEM skills and aviation, as well as employment in those fields, is challenging.
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Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Kids looking to practice their hitting skills are welcome to come in and play.
—Jenna Thompson
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
This free, voluntary program offers career counseling, skill building, and guidance on workplace accommodations.
—Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Despite being technically unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration, parents are shelling out tens of thousands for treatments that claim to improve language and social skills and reduce problem behaviors.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
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Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Kids looking to practice their hitting skills are welcome to come in and play.
—Jenna Thompson
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
This free, voluntary program offers career counseling, skill building, and guidance on workplace accommodations.
—Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Despite being technically unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration, parents are shelling out tens of thousands for treatments that claim to improve language and social skills and reduce problem behaviors.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skill
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For everyone else, including this freelance journalist without an expense account, the approach is more like a military-level obstacle course designed to test your cunning and will.—
Jada Yuan,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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The quality that drew Kurosawa to Yonezawa’s novel in the first place is not valor or cunning but something considerably less heroic.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, our multidisciplinary team blended our expertise in causal inference, sustainability and cybersecurity, to work on the tangled question of what people do with their consumer electronics when they’re done using them.—
Eric Williams,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Blending live action and animation, the digital shorts pair Pratt’s curiosity and humor with Goodwin’s historical expertise and fact-checking to highlight America’s founding ideals.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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In 1921, the Republican majorities in the Legislature and governor’s office required a demonstration of fifth-grade English reading and writing proficiency to register to vote.—
Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
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Look at students’ abysmal proficiency rates in the state of Illinois and tell me a federal program is not needed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Sports features prominently across day one, with JioStar sports and live experiences CEO Ishan Chatterjee examining sport as a platform for fandom, AI and commerce, followed by ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta on cricket’s global expansion and La Liga president Javier Tebas on fan engagement and enforcement.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Siebel Newsom has said their experiences of bullying and remote schooling during the pandemic informed her views on restricting kids’ access to social media and the impacts of artificial intelligence on children’s mental health.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Gore is best known for Make America Great Again, her 2016 naked portrait of Trump with the paunch and solemnity of the great men of art history, adding, crucially, the tiniest of compensatory micropenises.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Mehring said that, on the whole, the art alone represents the most significant contribution to public art in Chicago in decades.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the store also features the Port Washington Studio, which the company described as an immersive space that brings the brand’s history and handcraft traditions to life, offering customers a deeper connection to the artistry behind every pair of Allen Edmonds shoes.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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IndieWire partnered with Universal Studio Group for USG University, a series of panels celebrating the outstanding artistry and artisans behind the 2025–2026 television season across NBCUniversal’s portfolio of shows.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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Kamada said the talent and experience of his teammates helped Japan avoid being discouraged after falling behind for a second time.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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The talent was clearly there, but there was always a stumbling block.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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“Skill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skill. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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