excellence
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The trophies the girls won for excellence at school sit alongside the books on the shelves of the home library he and his wife, a teacher, have proudly put together for them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“May this doll remind every child and every collector that dreams have no limits, excellence leaves a lasting imprint, and true greatness never goes out of style.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Today, Istanbul remains the centre of excellence for cymbals, where a handful of brands still produce hand-hammered bronze using techniques developed more than 400 years ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
For one of the world's leading universities known for academic excellence and globally significant research, this is about its institutional culture and decision-making at the highest level.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
What did being born black have to do with excellence?
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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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
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
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Confirmed admirers of French filmmaking will also find it sparkling with the usual Gallic excellences: subtle underplaying, sharp character drawing, loving attention to significant detail, a shrewd understanding of the overtones to complex human relationships.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Each method had its excellences and its defects.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Vocabulary lists containing excellence
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