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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

In his message to Xi, Francis expressed “greetings of good wishes to your excellency and the people of China.”

From Washington Times Sep. 1, 2023

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

From Reuters Oct. 26, 2021

Making use of this bewitching engine, they extolled the excellency of our nature above other animals ... by the help of which we were capable of performing the most noble achievements.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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

From BBC Oct. 3, 2022

“In yours, you could, and should, witness a wonderful recovery. That desperate hope — ladies and gentlemen, delegates, excellencies — is why the world is looking to you and why you are here.”

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2021

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

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2020

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

Trumbull, the historical painter, descanting on the many excellencies of Cole's pencil, in the delineation of American forest-scenery—a theme the richest in the world for Mr. Cooper's contemplation.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various




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