as in ability
the physical or mental power to do something
she's proved that she has the competency to run a major company
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Recent Examples of competency
If a technical role is central to a company's core competencies, relying on a fractional professional may not be the best option.
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Andres Zunino, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization that works with prisoners who may have been denied fair trials, represented Dearman during his appeals process and raised questions about his mental competency in a blog post this week.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
That would mean admissions officers consider income level, disadvantages overcome by an applicant, cultural competencies, whether an applicant is a first-generation college student and other personal experiences.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
In this issue’s special report on innovations in health equity, her illustrations give form to concepts that can be hard to visualize, such as cultural competency and data disaggregation, but that nonetheless have real consequences for people’s health.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Andres Zunino, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization that works with prisoners who may have been denied fair trials, represented Dearman during his appeals process and raised questions about his mental competency in a blog post this week.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
That would mean admissions officers consider income level, disadvantages overcome by an applicant, cultural competencies, whether an applicant is a first-generation college student and other personal experiences.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
In this issue’s special report on innovations in health equity, her illustrations give form to concepts that can be hard to visualize, such as cultural competency and data disaggregation, but that nonetheless have real consequences for people’s health.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for competency
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This increase is attributed to the full integration of Ranco and its ability to acquire inventory and retain new customers.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Last year, the U.S. government and the European Commission both published reports on the technology, with the White House proposing a potential research program with one of the objectives being to develop the ability to detect use or experimentation by others.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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No research is done on the island itself, but The Post and Courier explained that between 600 and 700 monkeys are typically removed every year and transported for use in various research capacities such as biomedical and vaccine research.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Questions about the state’s rehab capacity also remain, if Proposition 36 works as intended and adds a flood of people into the treatment pipeline.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The team is currently working on creating an improved coating that can reduce FOG deposits in sewers by enhancing both its self-healing capabilities and mechanical strength.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The new upload capabilities are available on Generative AI by Getty Images and Generative AI by iStock.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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In the 1970s, psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan developed the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), which argued that humans have three basic psychological needs—competence, autonomy and relatedness.Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The former president has put the border and immigration, the state of the American economy, and Harris's competence, among other issues, at the forefront of his campaign alongside his Republican running mate, Ohio's Senator J.D. Vance.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Competency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competency. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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