excellence
noun
ex·cel·lence
ˈek-s(ə-)lən(t)s 
1
: the quality of being excellent
an award for academic excellence
setting a high standard of excellence
see also black excellence
2
plural excellences
: an excellent or valuable quality : virtue
… I am as admiring as almost everyone else of the film's many excellences …—
Daniel Mendelsohn
Daniel Mendelsohn3
or Excellence
: excellency sense 2
Lord Regent, I do greet your Excellence …—William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareExamples of excellence in a Sentence
The school is known for the excellence of its teachers.
an award for academic excellence
setting a high standard of excellence
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Companies that deliver excellence to their customers will see 93% of their customers return for repeat business.
—Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Just 15 months after receiving an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for excellence in community water fluoridation, the city of Grayling, Michigan, changed course.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
The Avs have set the bar for excellence in our state since 1995.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excellence
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excellence. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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