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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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Most excellence is simply the capacity to endure some pain, and I allow myself to be defeated, especially by larger things.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

“It also speaks to the game officials’ relentless pursuit of improvement and officiating excellence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

And I deeply hope it will be good, though the part of me who has seen the first movie hundreds of times and could write thousands more words about its excellence is understandably skeptical.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

She graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism with the Philip Greer Award for excellence in financial journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The scholarships were in recognition of our academic excellence in the three years we’d been at the secondary school, and were to help us on to matriculation—paying for everything: books, school fees and uniform.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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