excellence
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And you’re working in a place that does not reward excellence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Apple is already so large, profitable, and deeply embedded in its customers’ lives that incremental excellence may no longer be enough to redefine the company,” Mohan cautioned.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Returning four years after his first stint as skipper left him and his team broken, Root's leadership was barely tested thanks to the excellence of his bowlers and fragility of the Pakistan batting.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Fame or excellence in either field seems to be the desire of their parents and other adult figures in their lives.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
These were women who, like me, understood the level of intensity and sacrifice required to reach athletic excellence.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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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
An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Tradition is strongly upon them but with annually changing boards of editors their excellences and taste fluctuate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Among the excellences of Madrid must be counted her museos.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
Vocabulary lists containing excellence
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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