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How to pronounce adept in American English

“adept” pronunciation by American speakers

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  1. to really become adept at the job.

    NIST

  2. ArkCase is adept at handling modern data formats.

    National Archives

  3. Fortunately, Garcia is pretty adept at reading them.

    NSF

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