1
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 Grizzlies look to start strong at home and continue their tradition of excellence in the Big Sky Conference.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
According to a news release, the annual award honors and recognizes teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession as well as those who leave a lasting positive impact on their students.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The landmark celebrates a darker time in Georgia’s history, but now Stone Mountain is a hub of Black excellence and culture, with over 80% of its demographic identifying as Black or African-American.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Considered an engineering feat of excellence, the line requires liquid nitrogen to be circulated below the rail bed to keep it frozen throughout the year.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
According to a news release, the annual award honors and recognizes teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession as well as those who leave a lasting positive impact on their students.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The landmark celebrates a darker time in Georgia’s history, but now Stone Mountain is a hub of Black excellence and culture, with over 80% of its demographic identifying as Black or African-American.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Considered an engineering feat of excellence, the line requires liquid nitrogen to be circulated below the rail bed to keep it frozen throughout the year.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellence
Noun
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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.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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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.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2024
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The only Sacagawea dollar coin sold at the auction without the distinction of having been flown to space was sold for $120,000.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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The biggest distinction is at coordinator.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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With over 600 DEXs now operating according to Grvt’s estimates, pure technological superiority or lower fees no longer guarantee success.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not to mention the moral superiority gap it’s widened in conversations between the thin and the not thin enough.—
Allison Lax,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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The system yields superior thermoelectric performance and higher average ZT values than previously reported p-type AgCuTe materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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For mainstream buyers seeking a capable 16-inch system, the key is timing—Dell’s ever-spinning carousel of deals can turn this safe bet into a standout value, earning it our Editors' Choice award for midrange desktop replacements.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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This shifted my focus from visual perfection to cognitive predictability—prioritizing clarity, affordance and immediate feedback over novelty.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Still, Jones ran it to near perfection, spreading the ball around to Bourne, Jauan Jennings, Christian McCaffrey and Jake Tonges before hitting McCaffrey on a 7-yard score in the right side of the end zone.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At stake is the Supporters’ Shield for the league’s best overall record, home-field advantage in the playoffs and a berth in the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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All right, maybe not everything, but investors have been blessed with an abundance of advantages and good fundamental fortune, along with the policy help the market both hoped for and expected.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Ironically, the old-school virtues (honesty, excellent service, treating people right) are the edgiest competitive strategy in the cutthroat modern market.—
Boris Kontsevoi,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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William Osler, who practiced and taught medicine across the English-speaking world around the turn of the twentieth century, positioned aequanimitas—equanimity—as a primary virtue for physicians.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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All of those points, both separately and in tandem, can be (and have been) debunked on scientific grounds, but the initial reporting — as well as a substantial amount of follow-up reporting — focused on the provocative claims, not the scientific merits (or lack thereof) of the research.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mehus did not have one on hand but was prepared to defend the M7 on its merits, praising the increased chamber pressure of eighty thousand pounds per square inch.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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