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Proficient: meaning and example

adjective · In the sense illustrated below

Competent and practiced in a particular skill.

Example sentence

“She is proficient in using spreadsheets to check stock records.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

Putting it into words

At work

“Proficient in spreadsheet formulas and pivot tables, with experience reconciling monthly inventory records.”

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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