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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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The teens are part of Make Great Plays, a grassroots organization that gives elementary school students a chance to dream, excel and believe they belong in educational echelons that once felt out of reach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The data continue to show that medical-school students and graduates consistently excel at these critical junctures: Six-year graduation rates average 96.1%, and M.D. students and graduates steadily achieve high first-time pass rates on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“I’ve been thinking a lot about how the careers that my kids would excel at probably won’t exist, and questioning what they will do instead,” said another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Furthermore, managers who are managing many different funds may be stretched too thin to excel in any one of his funds.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The hotel was excel lent—incomparably better, for example, than that horrible Aurora Bora Palace in which Lenina had suffered so much the previous summer.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley