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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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In some ways, the R2’s general excellence is just good timing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

"To the world, our father was the iconic music legend whose vision, instincts, and relentless pursuit of excellence shaped the soundtrack of countless lives," they said in a statement.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Burrows won 11 Emmy awards for excellence in television and helmed more than 1,000 episodes of hit programs, working as a director, producer and writer.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

That brings us back to Yamamoto, whose combination of consistency and excellence makes him the natural choice to start a big game — opening day, for instance, or an elimination game in the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Many parents liked what they saw in their children: the discipline, physical fitness, diligence, pursuit of excellence, pride in national heritage, and a sense of purpose.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Man with a Bull-Tongue Robert Plow, a collection of 703 sonnetesque verses, sings only homespun heroes, vaunts the excellences of Kentucky farmlife, mourns the mortality of Poet Stuart's love affairs and friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each nicely complements the excellences of a distinctive, gifted movie.

From Time Magazine Archive

The excellences of the new journal were not alone imitated.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.




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