excel
Example Sentences
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While teams excel in most innovation, lone inventors can have an advantage in utility patents for inventions difficult to separate into components.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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
It would have been nice if the first move was obtaining players who excel at defense.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
These markets often excel at aggregating dispersed information, sometimes outperforming polls and expert forecasts of elections, economic indicators and geopolitical developments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
‘Oh, I like the way you think. They sent me because I excel at messing things up.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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