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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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"It's an example of how we are rebuilding our core competencies and developing centers of excellence in technical functions instead of continuing to outsource expertise."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The recognition reflects its excellence in cancer research and patient care.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

He put in a drive of clinical excellence and, with help from a safety car, chased down and caught Russell in the final laps to take a win that will go down in folklore.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mr. Drury’s career has been appropriately defined by modest, steady excellence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

All this spoken extremely fast obliged Miss Bates to stop for breath; and Emma said something very civil about the excellence of Miss Fairfax’s handwriting.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

For all its excellences, it would have been a bigger book if Rabbit had been a bigger man.

From Time Magazine Archive

An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique.

From Time Magazine Archive

With all these excellences he was not without his defects.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery


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