people skills
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The others are critical thinking, agility, business acumen, people skills and professional demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
The youth organization has its members sell the cookies to learn people skills and how to manage money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Van Loon, who also had a spell as head of coaching at Arsenal's academy, noticed how Van Dijk nurtured his people skills by recognising who could help him.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
"Ouch. I give you a compliment, you give me a verbal kick to the face. We are gonna have to seriously review your people skills when all this is over."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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