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excelling

ADJECTIVE
surpassing
Synonyms


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With Wirtz excelling at releasing runners between the lines, and Ekitike and Isak expected to occupy central defenders, Liverpool arguably need another player capable of attacking space rather than demanding the ball to feet.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

There was nothing wrong with the Madison, N.J., public school Ankur Jain’s 11-year-old son attended: Arjan was happy and excelling academically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

In high school, Jackson did well - being elected as class president and excelling in nearly every kind of team sport.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Asiya had refused and took up basketball instead, but Faizah was fencing and excelling at the sport.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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