exceptional
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Operating profit before exceptional items—the company’s preferred metric, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items—rose 77.3% to 351 million euros, compared with analysts’ expectations of 248 million euros, according to a company-provided consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Her portfolio spans an exceptional range of some of the biggest names in music — from Christina Aguilera, Dolly Parton and Pink to Ringo Starr, Alicia Keys and Gwen Stefani.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
In an exceptional level of productivity, Sheridan received sole writing credit on almost every episode of “Yellowstone,” plus its two prequels “1883” and “1923.”
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
In fact, omitting just three exceptional years–1998, 2001, and 2002–reduces the annual performance “significantly,” he found.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
As recently as twenty years ago, old- time officers told me, it would be exceptional to find more than ten B-block inmates on keeplock.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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