excellence
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“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
“Her extraordinary career has been defined not only by excellence, but by the way she has led and lifted those around her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Fergusons was once Scotland's ferry factory with a worldwide reputation for excellence and should be again," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
Dr. Trefusis had chosen Latin for the day, the better to show my excellence in the subject.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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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
Each nicely complements the excellences of a distinctive, gifted movie.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Man with a Bull-Tongue Robert Plow, a collection of 703 sonnetesque verses, sings only homespun heroes, vaunts the excellences of Kentucky farmlife, mourns the mortality of Poet Stuart's love affairs and friends.
From Time Magazine Archive
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To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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