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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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“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

The firm, in a statement, said as the process unfolds, it “will continue serving clients with the dedication and excellence that have defined it since its founding and will remain committed to supporting its colleagues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Ravenel, South Carolina, was so far removed from the proving grounds of American basketball that it seemed impossible to Ben that excellence could be found among the homegrown boys.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

Confirmed admirers of French filmmaking will also find it sparkling with the usual Gallic excellences: subtle underplaying, sharp character drawing, loving attention to significant detail, a shrewd understanding of the overtones to complex human relationships.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 method had its excellences and its defects.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky


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