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as in excellency
exceptionally high quality
the annual awards honor excellence in children's literature
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as in distinction
a quality that gives something special worth
the particular excellence of down in clothing and sleeping bags is its lightness
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Recent Examples of excellence
The SoCal Journalism Awards honor excellence in journalism across multiple categories, including entertainment, politics, lifestyle, environmental, gender, race, sports, technology, travel, food/culture and more.
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Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
The Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) earned top honors at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 68th annual Southern California Journalism Awards, securing 45 awards for editorial excellence in 2025.
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Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The group categories delivered two distinct flavors of excellence.
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Faye Bradley,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Finally, the report argues that Yale has strayed from its focus on rigor and academic excellence.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for excellence
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
The Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) earned top honors at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 68th annual Southern California Journalism Awards, securing 45 awards for editorial excellence in 2025.
—
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The group categories delivered two distinct flavors of excellence.
—
Faye Bradley,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Finally, the report argues that Yale has strayed from its focus on rigor and academic excellence.
—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for excellence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellence
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.
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The film carries a further distinction as one of the first war features shot entirely in Bali.
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It is earned through transparency, verification, and a clear distinction between fact, inference, and speculation.
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These early precedents in fictional brutality also weaken Thomson’s next point, about literature’s superiority.
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Part of the reason for this is the Dodgers have entered a boring-great stage of hegemony, in which their superiority over the rest of the league is so pronounced that there is little to discuss on a day-to-day basis.
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Household incomes average $376,741, and home values average $2 million.
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The Central African country is the world’s largest producer of cobalt and controls vast stores of copper, gold, and lithium; its mining sector is estimated to hold $24 trillion of mineral value.
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Played to perfection by Robert Picardo, the Emergency Medical Hologram was programmed to save lives and give sass.
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But for many women, the motivation is less about perfection and more about confidence, control, and self-care.
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The Red Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on Abreu’s sacrifice fly and Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single for a 7-3 advantage.
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Good luck with that message in flyover country when the revolutionaries don’t enjoy the advantages of light-turnout primaries.
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In response, Capital One treats AI fluency as an organizational virtue, not an individual credential.
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The same amount of venality and virtue exists today as did back then, and so human nature just doesn’t change.
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Records obtained by the Charlotte Observer also show Kelly received a 6% merit increase in July 2025, bringing her salary to $180,318 before the council’s action.
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His work tells the Revolutionary story through thousands of Americans debating the merits of political change, weighing the risks of armed resistance, and reassuring friends and neighbors that they were engaged in a worthy cause.
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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