par excellence
adjective
par ex·cel·lence
ˈpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläns 
ˈpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläⁿs
ˈpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläⁿs
: being the best of a kind : preeminent
a chef par excellence
Examples of par excellence in a Sentence
sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence
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Those entities, including combinations of actual banks, also acted and act as regulators par excellence precisely because no private entity lends blithely.
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
This model is basically an all-things-to-all people air-changing doohickey par excellence.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And — for the second time in as many years — Ayer has created a piece of AMC A-List cinema par excellence by emphasizing the actor’s sheer force of will as a spectacle unto itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
As long as the Soviet Union and the United States could each suffer a surprise attack by the other and still retain sufficient nuclear forces for a devastating counterattack, neither side wanted to risk a strike: deterrence through punishment par excellence.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
This model is basically an all-things-to-all people air-changing doohickey par excellence.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And — for the second time in as many years — Ayer has created a piece of AMC A-List cinema par excellence by emphasizing the actor’s sheer force of will as a spectacle unto itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
As long as the Soviet Union and the United States could each suffer a surprise attack by the other and still retain sufficient nuclear forces for a devastating counterattack, neither side wanted to risk a strike: deterrence through punishment par excellence.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Par excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/par%20excellence. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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par excellence
adverb or adjective
par ex·cel·lence
ˌpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläns
: in the highest degree : above all others
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