She speaks with great fluency.
Students must demonstrate fluency in a foreign language to earn a degree.
a dancer known for her fluency and grace
He plays the piano with speed and fluency.
Recent Examples on the WebIn an interview, the San Diego attorney said he had been wowed by Porter’s fluency on policy and her focus on issues such as housing.—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 From my recent experience and conversations in this space the skillsets are in need of an upgrade: from story telling, data governance, urban analysis, coding fluency, and an ethical framework for AI.—Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024 Many of the prior chatbots that did similar functions were very constrained and did not reflect this same kind of fluency.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 Runaway slave ads were sometimes in Dutch or frequently noted the Dutch or English fluency of the fugitives.—Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024 How did your fluency in Japanese and knowledge about the culture aid the show’s development?—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024 Science of reading draws on a body of research that focuses on how brains learn to read, with a heavy emphasis on phonics and phonemic awareness along with teaching fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.—Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024 Most people end up crimping their fluency to get those AI apps to do what is requested.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 What is clear, though, is that fraudsters are getting better at targeting everyone, regardless of their digital fluency–so preparedness is crucial.—Michael Steinbach, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
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