How to Use proficiency in a Sentence

proficiency

noun

• Of course, the first thing a guide or host wants to know is his client's proficiency.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
• Christian Wood’s catch-and-shoot proficiency is a big part of that.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The hair and his proficiency in taking a charge sometimes works hand in hand.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
• Carmel-Clay Schools came in second in the state with 61.3% proficiency rates in both English and math.
  — Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 17 July 2024
• Your proficiency with the tool will grow with every prompt.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• The chart below shows the proficiency levels of students in each group in ELA, math and science.
  — Tcrain, al, 1 Aug. 2023
• From there, stories of Nguyen’s firearms proficiency spread by word of mouth.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
• The drops in their test scores were often more pronounced, and their climbs to proficiency are now that much more daunting.
  — Ashley Wu, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• The site says 92% of users improved their language proficiency in just two months.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024
• A few weeks in the beginning gets them to a level of proficiency for their current role, but many want more.
  — Shep Hyken, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• The students who still don’t show proficiency in the retest will sit for another test a week after that.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
• And this year, the state reported the widest math and reading proficiency gaps between Black and white students in the country.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
• But proficiency is not the same as grade level, which is a higher bar, Mackey said.
  — Tcrain, al, 1 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, math and English proficiency rates on the state’s standardized tests fell to their lowest levels in five years.
  — Paloma Esquivelstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Science proficiency was the lowest of the three core areas.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
• Nationwide only 33% of fourth graders and 31% of eighth graders read at or above grade proficiency.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• That includes a proposal to increase third grade proficiency in reading from 52% this month to 70% in the next five years.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2022
• The emotional beats land, definitely, but the crux of the film is her proficiency in combat, which is perhaps 90% of the film.
  — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• And every one of these half-ton haulers packs a payload with utmost proficiency.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
• The task force will drill down on what’s being done in classrooms and by school district leaders to improve proficiency and growth.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• Less than half - 38% - of JCPS third graders meet the state's bar for reading proficiency, according to the most recent test results.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
• In math, proficiency levels ranged from 2% in Sumter County to 77% in Mountain Brook schools.
  — al, 8 Sep. 2022
• But proficiency for eighth graders decreased from 35% to 26%.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
• But then, who goes to a Bruce Springsteen show for displays of technical vocal proficiency from the Boss?
  — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the scale and proficiency of the local competition is.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• The largest increase was seen among sixth-graders, who showed a 6.8 percentage point increase in proficiency.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• The largest improvement from last year’s proficiency scores came in science with an increase of 1.4%.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2024
• Tennyson ups the ante, and declares that the loser will be forced to wear a horse mask and take a punch from the victor—a bold addition, given Cohen's proficiency in the ring.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 Oct. 2022
• What’s more, players can make choices both through dialogue options and their own gameplay proficiency that alter canon events.
  — Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
• The report also shows an increase in students with limited English proficiency, students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, and students with disabilities.
  — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024