excellence

Inducting Journey into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, Train’s Pat Monahan belted the na-na-na outro of the band’s first Top 40 hit as he made his case for the group’s excellence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who serves as the Smithsonian Chancellor, hailed his "distinguished service," adding: "Secretary Bunch has pursued excellence in the telling of our nation's story."

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Since its excellence needs no explaining, here are a few others that are as worthy of our appreciation, including a heartwarming duet that epitomizes Parton’s universal appeal.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

And you’re working in a place that does not reward excellence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Volpe never doubts that his kids can grasp the complexities that he sees in their roles and deliver performances worthy of the program’s high ambition and its legacy of excellence.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Man with a Bull-Tongue Robert Plow, a collection of 703 sonnetesque verses, sings only homespun heroes, vaunts the excellences of Kentucky farmlife, mourns the mortality of Poet Stuart's love affairs and friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each nicely complements the excellences of a distinctive, gifted movie.

From Time Magazine Archive

And even Sir Robert Peel, with all his excellences, has made sad mistakes on the subject of reform and the corn laws.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull