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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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Mason Mount did excel alongside Santos in the first three games of pre-season, but he has been struggling to overcome a foot problem he suffered against Paris St-Germain in Gothenburg on 8 August.

From BBC Aug. 19, 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

The Swiss has played in a variety of roles for club and country in the middle of the park, but he has the attributes to potentially excel as a box-to-box midfielder.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Today’s AI models can excel at single tasks, such as translation or image generation, but they cannot reason like a human.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

“We don’t have the right deck for Old Maid and, unfortunately for you, I excel at Go Fish. I won the Go Fish tournament in fifth grade.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

But where the PetPhone genuinely excels is location tracking.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

“The Pitt” has put “ER” veteran Noah Wyle back where he excels: a fictional emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Microlensing, which is expected to reveal more than 1,000 worlds, excels at finding planets farther from their stars, including systems that resemble our own solar system.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

Moorer says that “he excels as a singer, songwriter, player, harmony singer and producer.”

From Salon May 15, 2026

Despite Haymitch's order to appear mediocre, Peeta excels in hand-to-hand combat, and I sweep the edible plants test without blinking an eye.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Khan was voted in by millions of Pakistanis who grew up watching him play cricket, where he excelled as an all-rounder and led the nation to a World Cup victory in 1992.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

It bothered him that nobody could keep pace with receiver Nick Garton, who also excelled in soccer and track in high school, and could breeze up the grade like it was nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

He excelled at chess and won a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the University of Chicago, where arrived on a Greyhound bus from Knoxville, Tenn.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

After tests were returned and grades given, the student body, which acted like an extended family, knew who did well, who excelled, and what piteous ones had failed.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

But there have been a couple of European teams excelling beyond expectations.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

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

Having played at two of the past three major tournaments, he knows excelling at a club like United can propel anyone into the international limelight.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Tall, handsome, and muscular, he was a fine sportsman, excelling in track and field, cricket, rugby, and soccer.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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