skill set

or skill·set

[ skil-set ]

/ ˈskɪlˌsɛt /

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noun

a particular combination of skills that a person has developed, especially ones that can be used in a job: She doesn't have the proper skill set to be an effective manager.

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Words nearby skill set

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How to use skill set in a sentence

Each team member offers a distinct background, skill set, and expertise to foster productive, innovative brainstorms.
Want to innovate while working remotely? Rethink the way you brainstorm|Andrew Nusca|December 22, 2020|Fortune
It depends on the supply and the demand of that position and the players with those skill sets.
Ryan Zimmerman wants to play. The Nats need first basemen. But it’s not so simple.|Jesse Dougherty|December 18, 2020|Washington Post
Patrick Mahomes made a similar pass Sunday night, and everyone fell all over themselves to say how unique his skill set is.
Are The Jets Tanking, Or Are They Just This Bad?|Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com)|December 7, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
That’s going to be driven by software, so I think there will be an increasing need for those software skill sets.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun: Now’s the time to join|Jason Sparapani|October 15, 2020|MIT Technology Review

Start signalingThis skill set is not as popular to practice as fire making, shelter building, or other survival basics, but the skills of signaling are your ticket to go home and they should be taken seriously.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 29, 2020|Popular-Science
When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne