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[pruh-fish-uhnt] / prəˈfɪʃ ənt /


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Thus, the percentage of these Locke students who scored as proficient in English improved by 18.2 percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Last year, 28.1% of 11th graders tested as proficient in English language arts and 9.5% tested as proficient in math.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

In court, there were only a limited number of messages from EL, all of them sent to Lavrynovych and Carpiuc, which showed him writing in formal Russian and far less proficient Ukrainian.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Only a third of Philadelphia students were proficient in English, and a quarter in math, on state tests last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

So while the bow oarsman must be strong, like all the others, it’s most important that he or she be technically proficient: capable of pulling a perfect oar, stroke after stroke, without fail.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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