excellence
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He casts himself as a problem-solver and negotiator par excellence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
And while those two provided almost all of the runs, England's excellence in the field was an all-round effort.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
People who have worked with Vahdat say that as a boss, he demands excellence and has a quiet competitive streak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
John Joyce worked for Swift & Company, named after its founder, Gustavus Franklin Swift, a man who demanded and respected excellence.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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
Tradition is strongly upon them but with annually changing boards of editors their excellences and taste fluctuate.
From Time Magazine Archive
An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is waged mainly for “vain titles or childish wrath;” it does not foster, in those responsible for it, any one of the nobler excellences.
From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius
Vocabulary lists containing excellence
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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"The MGMT Solution," Vocabulary from Chapter 16
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