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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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The recognition reflects its excellence in cancer research and patient care.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

But he has also performed at a level of consistent excellence, and produced some absolutely standout performances, most obviously Monaco, Monza and Austin.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The International Monetary Fund has a reputation for visual excellence, and the chart the global agency used to accompany its latest world economic outlook is quite striking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Excellence in football and excellence in life is bred when men recognize their opportunities and then pursue them with a passion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Amos won the medal for overall excellence in sports, which I was really happy about because, ever since the nature retreat, I considered Amos to be like one of my best friends in school.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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

What saves it is that no one cares about anything but the astonishing excellences of Miss Laurette Taylor as the infinitely pathetic mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confirmed admirers of French filmmaking will also find it sparkling with the usual Gallic excellences: subtle underplaying, sharp character drawing, loving attention to significant detail, a shrewd understanding of the overtones to complex human relationships.

From Time Magazine Archive

But we must maintain that they are excellences which do not alter the moral character of conduct, and may be absent altogether and leave the agent as virtuous as if they were present.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams


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