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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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"It's an example of how we are rebuilding our core competencies and developing centers of excellence in technical functions instead of continuing to outsource expertise."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The recognition reflects its excellence in cancer research and patient care.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

He put in a drive of clinical excellence and, with help from a safety car, chased down and caught Russell in the final laps to take a win that will go down in folklore.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The International Monetary Fund has a reputation for visual excellence, and the chart the global agency used to accompany its latest world economic outlook is quite striking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

That these excellences are unintentional in no way detracts from the power of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tradition is strongly upon them but with annually changing boards of editors their excellences and taste fluctuate.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is so with such works of furniture as those of which we have been speaking, for their defects are such as impress us more powerfully than their excellences.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser


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