as in superb
of the very best kind
fast-food fans rate this chain's fries as excellent
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Recent Examples of excellent
While Apple’s post focuses on the technical details, this excellent piece from Wired elaborates a bit on what this might mean for users.
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Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The Green Bay Packers are off to an excellent start this season.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Obviously, this is an excellent day for those of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting or writing.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Her memoir was eventually followed by reams of corroborating evidence, including his private writings, The Journals of John Cheever (1991), and Blake Bailey’s long, excellent, and desperately dismal Cheever: A Life (2009).
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The Green Bay Packers are off to an excellent start this season.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Obviously, this is an excellent day for those of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting or writing.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Her memoir was eventually followed by reams of corroborating evidence, including his private writings, The Journals of John Cheever (1991), and Blake Bailey’s long, excellent, and desperately dismal Cheever: A Life (2009).
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellent
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The grind will continue for Campbell as he will be matched up against what was expected to be a superb Pittsburgh Steelers defense.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The superb first nonfiction feature from Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel focuses on the killing of an Indigenous community leader by white landowners in northwest Argentina.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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This all sounds wonderful, but for me, oil control surpasses everything.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
19 Sep. 2025
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As always, the iPhone takes terrific photos.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Now the Phils are desperate to keep the affable and articulate Ohio native, who has cultivated a reputation as a clubhouse leader and terrific teammate.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Another great addition is live captions and translation.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Praise feels great, ridicule or people not liking it doesn't.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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As Man’s Best Friend gets off to a fantastic start, two of Carpenter’s previous full-lengths either rise across multiple rosters or bounce back onto several tallies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Liverpool as a city produces fantastic footballers.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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That rules, actually, that video is awesome.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But the people there were awesome.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Olivier Rousteing‘s office high atop Balmain headquarters is rich in windows — offering lovely breezes and panoramic views of Paris rooftops — but rather poor on wall space for hanging pictures.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The easy route takes visitors along a disused rail line for a gentle jaunt in one of the Pacific Northwest's loveliest regions.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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For all its grand ambitions and notable budget, The Cortège often feels like a fabulous Pinterest board come to life rather than a coherent performance.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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One of these things has intrigue, murder, thrilling cinematography, and fabulous costumes.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Excellent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellent. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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