exemplary

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This exemplary service failed to account for her disturbingly poor judgment, risking blackmail and conflict-of-interest allegations, since the Atlanta Police Department appears before her court; nor her lack of candor to the court.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

But not everyone goes to Harvard Medical School, and doing a residency at a large academic institution doesn’t always translate into being an exemplary physician.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

He called Van Dyke an "American hero" who spent "virtually 98% of his adult life serving this country in an exemplary manner."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Simplicity delivers an almost wounding effect in his exemplary review of Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime drama “Bonnie and Clyde,” a film fueled by the intoxicating partnership of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

By 1694 Newton’s Principia had been published, and Wotton had some grasp of its significance; by 1705 he was able to present Newton’s Opticks as the exemplary text of the new science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton