1
as in excellency
exceptionally high quality
the annual awards honor excellence in children's literature
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as in distinction
a quality that gives something special worth
the particular excellence of down in clothing and sleeping bags is its lightness
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Recent Examples of excellence
No city can match our excellence across so many industries.
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Dan Goldman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
Starry, starry nights For close to 100 years, Michelin stars have been a sign of culinary excellence, awarded only to the great and good.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Still, Miles could sustain those stretches of excellence for only so long.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
For a season of excellence against top opponents and delivering in big game after big game, Burries is The Times’ boys’ basketball player of the year.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
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Dan Goldman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
Starry, starry nights For close to 100 years, Michelin stars have been a sign of culinary excellence, awarded only to the great and good.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Still, Miles could sustain those stretches of excellence for only so long.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
For a season of excellence against top opponents and delivering in big game after big game, Burries is The Times’ boys’ basketball player of the year.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellence
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2024
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With his first career homer, Wilson earned the distinction of blasting the A’s first home run at Sutter Health Park, doing so in the March 31 home opener vs. the Seattle Mariners.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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This effectively removes the distinction between mainstream and AI stacks.—
Dinesh Subhraveti,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The hypocrisies of what might be called humanity’s delusions of superiority suggest the need for deeper questioning.—
Billy J. Stratton,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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His superiority was self-evident, like the rays of the sun.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, the compounded value of correct predictions in later rounds, particularly the Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship, amplified the separation in weighted performance.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Wherever the original source of the incorrect headline came from, it was amplified by trusted sources in financial news, creating a very expensive lesson in the value of accurate and reliable reporting.—
Hadas Gold and Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Claire is organized, practical and always striving for perfection, which is very Virgoan.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The most interesting thing about the Netflix series Adolescence isn’t the great acting, the technological feats of filming, or the surreal perfection of 15-year-old actor Owen Cooper.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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And Osceola will continue to have homecourt advantage in the Finals against Stockton.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Those who embrace these technologies now will likely find themselves with a considerable advantage in the increasingly competitive digital landscape.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The American physician, W. Golden Mortimer, author of History of Coca (1901), acknowledged coca as a panacea, noting its virtues as a medicine, tonic, and food.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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They are sent off to a grandmother in Ontario who is the epitome of cold, self-righteous Protestant virtue.—
Margaret Atwood,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will consider the merits of that case in coming weeks.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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There’s merit in giving bare results context, provided junior players blossom regardless.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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