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excellency

[ek-suh-luhn-see] / ˈɛk sə lən si /








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"It's just another example of our partnership. And I hope you know, your excellency, that you can count on us."

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

“The document shows Brazil has fulfilled with excellency all the rigid demands of the bidding process,” Brazilian soccer confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2024

“I would request your excellency to kindly convey this small message to the world leaders and big and rich nations to help and save our tiny village from global warming,” she wrote.

From Washington Times Sep. 26, 2022

In office, he discarded the title "excellency" and opened up the Blue House to the public.

From Reuters Oct. 26, 2021

"Between here and Settle, your excellency," Hodgson answered.

From A Little Wizard by Stanley J. Weyman

"Prince Joachim's descendants will thus have to be addressed as excellencies in the future."

From BBC Oct. 3, 2022

These excellencies are small moments tucked into a baggy novel that struggles to find its focus.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2020

Melania Trump entered the room, strode to the rostrum, smiled and said, “Your excellencies, esteemed represent — ”

From Washington Post Mar. 27, 2017

Pope’s solution was to flag the excellencies with a comma in the margin—or, if they were particularly “shining” examples, with a star—whereas “excessively bad” passages were “degraded to the bottom of the page.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 6, 2015

Emerson's habitual quest for only the divinest traits and his quickened perception of the best in men enabled him to recognize excellencies which were yet unseen by others.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe




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