as in proficiency
a state of having mastery of or proficiency in a skill
The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad.
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That fluency was on full display recently in Ms. Tracy Butts' third-grade classroom.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Few beverage pros in the country have Kaplan’s fluency, and her gift for storytelling, on two subjects as vast as wine and sake.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
And then learning how to play it with fluency and mastery.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
For anyone with a passion for travel, cultural exploration, or career growth, the Babbel Language Learning lifetime subscription provides the perfect pathway to fluency.
—Donna Enzmann, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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Cory Turner, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Few beverage pros in the country have Kaplan’s fluency, and her gift for storytelling, on two subjects as vast as wine and sake.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
And then learning how to play it with fluency and mastery.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
For anyone with a passion for travel, cultural exploration, or career growth, the Babbel Language Learning lifetime subscription provides the perfect pathway to fluency.
—Donna Enzmann, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fluency
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“Fluency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluency. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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