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
Callahan was a great leader for that team, which was in the Stanley Cup Final within a year of the trade, basically starting Tampa Bay’s decade-plus run of excellence.
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 5 June 2026
An excellence in business or development award was presented to Bob Ligda, the owner of D & L Wood Products.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
The event spotlights the top high school tennis players in Southern California, as well as a celebration of academic excellence, athletic achievement and family dedication.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
If the film world has the Oscars and Cannes Palme d’Or as measures of excellence, the highest accolade in the restaurant world is the Michelin star.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 5 June 2026
An excellence in business or development award was presented to Bob Ligda, the owner of D & L Wood Products.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
The event spotlights the top high school tennis players in Southern California, as well as a celebration of academic excellence, athletic achievement and family dedication.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
If the film world has the Oscars and Cannes Palme d’Or as measures of excellence, the highest accolade in the restaurant world is the Michelin star.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
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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.—
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 distinction was particularly evident in Pacific Palisades, where residents are still navigating the aftermath of the devastating 2025 wildfire, and rebuilding has been slow.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2026
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But the exhibition and the scholarship, though occasionally a bit fawning, show why the value of Lewis’s art doesn’t hang on these distinctions.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The successful test not only demonstrates the maturity of the MICA NG program but also highlights France’s commitment to maintaining technological superiority in the rapidly evolving domain of aerial warfare.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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The threshold for superiority has shape-shifted throughout NBA history.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Sneaking the scraps out the back door for their children showed that those working in the enslaver’s home gave value and meaning to leftovers for our children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Expect temperatures to climb into the low 90s, with a heat index or feels-like value in the upper 90s by the afternoon.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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But our conversation ended up being so much about women and mothers generally, and how people in their lives create these illusions of normalcy and these illusions of perfection based on superficial stuff.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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Berenberg downgrades CrowdStrike to hold from buy Berenberg said the stock is priced to perfection.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
Noun
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While visiting Shoshone, take advantage of scenic drives to some of the surrounding sites.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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But the 34-year-old right-hander couldn’t hold Kansas City’s slim advantage for the entirety of his outing.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
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Past philosophers, such as Aristotle, emphasized the necessity of virtue in both the people and their rulers, and Montesquieu argued that virtue was the defining principle of republics.—
Jordan Cash,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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As progressives have begun to fear that the American system might in fact be lost, many have rediscovered its virtues.—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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Before 2025, the foundation also recruited outside experts – typically university researchers – to weigh in on the merits of nearly every funding proposal.—
Remy Dou,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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While the relative merits of their basketball bona fides can be—and most definitely have been—argued ad nauseam, James spoke up on uncomfortable topics.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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