1
as in excellency
exceptionally high quality
the annual awards honor excellence in children's literature
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
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2
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
To 14-3, straight past relevance and back toward excellence.
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Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
See firsthand the excellence, innovation and progress taking place across Broward County.
—Howard Hepburn, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
That defensive excellence resulted in a couple of easy baskets down the stretch of a key win Monday in Brooklyn, helping the Warriors rebound from a loss on the second night of a road back-to-back.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2026
The story of a young man attempting to outrun the racial and cultural forces seeking to limit his excellence, Race is an important addition to the sports movie canon.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
See firsthand the excellence, innovation and progress taking place across Broward County.
—Howard Hepburn, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
That defensive excellence resulted in a couple of easy baskets down the stretch of a key win Monday in Brooklyn, helping the Warriors rebound from a loss on the second night of a road back-to-back.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2026
The story of a young man attempting to outrun the racial and cultural forces seeking to limit his excellence, Race is an important addition to the sports movie canon.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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The distinction is semantic, not economic.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Yeah, so the law has this long-standing distinction between what the lawyers would call prospective relief and retrospective relief.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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His team did not take the opportunity to fully exert their superiority against weakened opponents.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Given their overall superiority in data transfer speeds and load times, SSD is generally the superior choice, though HDDs are just fine for less sensitive data.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Olathe’s trajectory mirrors what’s happening across Johnson County — which saw more than 90% of the homes go up in value in 2024, with the average home prices sitting at $508,000 and average sale price at $557,000.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Cultural, linguistic, and value-based assimilation challenges arise, potentially altering national identities and eroding civilizational confidence.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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This showstopper of a dessert mashes up the bold caffeinated flavors of classic tiramisu with the perfectly wobbly, creamy perfection of panna cotta.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This reduces perfection pressure, increases psychological safety, and brings coworkers into the experimentation instead of waiting for a finished solution.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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After killing a penalty early in the middle frame, Minnesota pulled even with another man-advantage goal when Joel Eriksson Ek snapped in the rebound of a Kaprizov shot.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Perry dribbled into a 15-footer in the short corner to help UCLA build a double-digit advantage at halftime.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maybe Albro would raise concerns that the police weren’t doing enough to protect young women’s virtues, or Matthews would criticize the lack of a similar dragnet to find the killer of Mary Tate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The author’s work makes an excellent case that literature can explore virtue—even if his latest novel reveals its pitfalls.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is not to say that diversity and academic merit will never be in tension in college admissions, especially given the large disparities in access to high-quality K-12 education and other resources before children apply to college.—
Raj Chetty,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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In an area award, nominees are judged individually on their own merits.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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