exceptional
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The colleagues of a GP found dead at her home have spoken of their profound shock at the loss of an "exceptional doctor".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In Champagne, producer Claude Mandois reported harvesting three-quarters of an average yield in terms of volume although "in terms of quality visually and in terms of taste we had an exceptional harvest."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Researchers led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have now developed a method designed to measure these seasonal shifts with exceptional precision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
From youth McCarthy had, by all accounts, exceptional observation skills and intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But it does make the process of dying seem more exceptional than it really is, and harder to engage in at the times when we must ourselves engage.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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