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people skills

British

plural noun

the ability to deal with, influence, and communicate with other people

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As someone who struggles with people skills, he said for a while he felt like the chatbots made up for his lack of friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

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

Actually talk, that most people-y of people skills?

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

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