How to Use proficiency in a Sentence

proficiency

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  • Of course, the first thing a guide or host wants to know is his client's proficiency.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
  • The school still has a ways to go to get back to its former proficiency rates.
    — al, 10 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • More than 25 million people who live in the U.S. have limited English proficiency.
    — Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Outsourcing can bring in helpful outside perspectives, ideas and proficiencies and can empower you and your staff to focus on the organization’s real purpose.
    — Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

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