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By the late 1980s, courts had generally determined that medical disqualifications of trans service members were not reviewable.—
Natalie Shibley / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025 -
This shift is intended to give candidates with criminal records a fairer shot at demonstrating their qualifications before facing potential disqualification.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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There will also, no doubt, be a search for efficiency savings, and efforts to root out what Mr. Trump has called incompetence and corruption.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s approval rating never surpassed 50 percent during his first term, and a combination of incompetence, overreach, unpopular policies, and partisan polarization will likely limit his support during his second.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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But they have been slowed by the COVID pandemic, cost increases due to inflation, permitting delays and other problems, including the inability of local water agencies sponsoring them to come up with all of the matching funds.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Panthers understood that liberation and empowerment could only come through communal love focused on helping one’s neighbors and building up one’s community, even though their inability to live up to their ideals ultimately limited some of the group’s potential.—
Mickell Carter / Made by History,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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The incapacity to proceed statute in North Carolina doesn’t expressly prevent applying it retroactively, Emry argues.—
Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Then-Secretary of State Robert Lansing invoked Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which provides for the vice president to assume presidential duties in cases of incapacity.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Detroit Lions, birthed in 1929 and plagued by a century of incompetence, meeting the Los Angeles Chargers, 1960-made and the poster children for ineptitude.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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There are constant if unspoken reminders of the gringos’ ineptitude born out complacency and entitlement, which become evident through the resourcefulness of the locals.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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The local government’s impotence reflects a broader dynamic in Iraq: Baghdad’s reliance on Shiite militias has allowed those groups to gain undue power.—
Vera Mironova,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Nov. 2016
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The League of Nations, bereft of U.S. support, languished into impotence, and only in the aftermath of World War II did the United States begin to approximate Wilson’s vision of a Pax Americana.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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