excellence
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Through force of will and sheer excellence, he had prevailed against early public indifference as well as the new trend of modernism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
“But far beyond his on-air excellence, Dan was a better person who welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke, or a word of encouragement, sometimes all three in the same sentence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to collect a prize for scientific excellence in Andalusia on 28 October, when her train crashed into another near Urda, south of Madrid, killing 69 people.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The recognition reflects its excellence in cancer research and patient care.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
There might be a hidden excellence lurking somewhere, as had happened before.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It is a film of excellences, never more so than in the performances by Robert De Niro and a remarkable supporting cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
The days after VE Day were perfect for a tragic English opera with an English setting, and its musical excellences were supplemented by a sense of its national significance.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2013
An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
For all its excellences, it would have been a bigger book if Rabbit had been a bigger man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pardon me, for, in thinking of his visit and dwelling upon his excellences, I had like to have forgotten his agency.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
Vocabulary lists containing excellence
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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