How to Use skill set in a Sentence

skill set

noun
  • The crew and the gear aren’t as easy [to come by], so the skill sets aren’t down there.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The skill set will not be a surprise this time around for the Aztecs.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The position you were let go of may not have been the right fit for your skill set.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Nov. 2022
  • And there was this whole class of people who had been already trained for this skill set.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Thomas has a great skill set with a ton of upside to develop.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But this series always felt like a stretch for his skill set.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The Niners know all about his unique and confounding skill set.
    Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Mike Gesicki doesn’t have the skill set to be a wide receiver.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There are some on the defensive line whose skill set could morph to linebacking.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And these people will need a range of different skill sets.
    Will Rinehart, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Jackson has long had the skill set to fit in with the Pacers' athletic core.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2022
  • And the other thing was, doing an impression — that’s not one of my skill sets.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Anything else is out of my skill set and is best left to the professionals.
    Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a certain skill set required in making the darkest things lighter.
    Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Still, even when the task was a little beyond her skill set, nothing seemed to truly shake her.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And this is what Dice Benoit believes might make her skill set special, and worthy of a large contract.
    C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
  • That’s the skill set students need for when there’s no more teacher, no more professor, no more test.
    Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Penguins had no one close to the skill set the crafty Letang adds to the back line, particularly his puck moving.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Offensive formats, a lot of times, are based on who those people are -- their body types and their skill sets.
    Evan Dudley, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Bears have used Watts in the interior rotation, and the scheme probably plays to his skill set.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Joe Biden and Trump have very different skill sets as politicians.
    Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • For Blackstone, there are no limitations to his art and skill set.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Iqbal calls embroidery a slow craft, one that requires a lot of time to develop a skill set.
    Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • And Chris understood that there was a business to this and set out on improving his own skill sets.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Last season, though, Kidd saw Green’s skill set in a different light.
    Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Remember, your bad habits are as transferrable as your skill set.
    Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • As for Wills, Thomas has seen vast improvement in his skill set, but urges more tenacity down to down.
    cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The potential for a perfect pate, and all that comes with it, is only as limited as a stylist’s skill set.
    John Ortved, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
  • With a wide skill set and a lengthy career ahead of him, look for Burt to continue to make waves at the conference and state levels.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022

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