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[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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They often tune them to excel at narrow tasks, like summarizing documents or answering customer questions on company-specific topics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Heart-rate accuracy: Several studies show wearables excel at capturing resting heart rate during sleep, a finding that matched my own clinical sleep-lab tests.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

McGinn needs strong players around him in order to excel, as he does as Aston Villa's hugely respected leader.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Maybe you thought you’d excel at one aspect of the job, but it turns out you have an aptitude for something completely different.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

He wanted to learn all he could from her and Mrs. Muokelu, to excel at teaching, to show her that he could do it.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cinzia, who is 5-9, also excels in both sports.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

But he also excels at making others feel embarrassed, even the shameless ones.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

But where the PetPhone genuinely excels is location tracking.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Mr. Coyne excels at chronicling the many different ways golf enchants its aficionados.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

I’m thinking about what Ainsley said and wondering what a person who excels looks like.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Although Dorothy Parker tried her hand at plays and had a successful writing career in Hollywood—her screenplays included 1937’s “A Star is Born”—she excelled in briefer forms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The seven attendees, who ranged from their mid 30s to their late 50s, had excelled in lucrative fields like finance, consulting, healthcare and tech.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

He says that Lorne is someone who always excelled at deadlines.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Bonilla had excelled with the Mets earlier in his career, and they gambled that he could recapture the production of his youth by taking on the last two years and $11.65 million of his contract.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

The businessman was a quick study, and excelled at split-second decisions in crisis.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

And Brighton's sustainable model of success has come from hiring coaches who seek to impose themselves on the game through possession, with Roberto de Zerbi and Fabian Hurzeler excelling.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Joshi explains to parents that excelling at football could ultimately help their girls get jobs, as Indian states set aside some public sector roles for sportsmen and women.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

Izzard has won praise as a dramatic actor, excelling in plays by David Mamet and Peter Nichols, but here seems content to stick to story-time mode.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

While Olivia and I were both intellectually capable of handling the college curriculum, of excelling in it even, we remained in key ways emotionally adolescent.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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