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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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He casts himself as a problem-solver and negotiator par excellence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Chipotle boss Scott Boatwright said: "We are entering Mexico with deep respect for the country's culinary heritage and a commitment to delivering the Chipotle experience with excellence."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

People who have worked with Vahdat say that as a boss, he demands excellence and has a quiet competitive streak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Or is Juneteenth a celebration of the strength and excellence that both grew out of the great evil that slavery represented and in spite of it, an evil that still afflicts the nation in 2026?

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

In the 1660s, Cambridge was far from being a centre of academic excellence.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

Yet he also fears, and will presumably fight, any government move which, "on a doctrinaire point of social policy, uproots the individual excellences of these schools."

From Time Magazine Archive

He sometimes finds out minute excellences, and cries up one thing to put you out of conceit with another.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William




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