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excelling

ADJECTIVE
surpassing
Synonyms


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Mogging can also take many forms and refer to someone excelling in any number of different ways.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Lincoln Riley talks a big game about excelling in the Big Ten, but in losing badly to Oregon and its backup quarterback, USC probably couldn’t win the Pac-12 this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

But there have been a couple of European teams excelling beyond expectations.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

There was nothing wrong with the Madison, N.J., public school Ankur Jain’s 11-year-old son attended: Arjan was happy and excelling academically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Despite excelling there, and getting high SAT scores, he didn’t get his first college choices.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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