people skills
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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A potential downside of his people skills, some who have worked with him said, is that D’Amaro likes to be liked and can avoid taking unpopular stands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Career counselors are advising young adults to sharpen their people skills, develop AI expertise and be ready to pivot in a fast-shifting labor market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
She’s someone I think I could get into for a while because she’s such an oddball but is seriously good at what she does, just her people skills are lacking.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Its coordinator David Tierney said the programme taught people skills to help them "deal with the pain and the associated fatigue, anxiety, and stress that often accompanies their condition".
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Raymond drops me off with Paul, a thick-armed blond guy who is, compared with Roberta, painfully short of people skills.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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