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
At least Angels fans can enjoy healthy three-time AL MVP Mike Trout (for now) and another year of excellence from shortstop Zach Neto, who seems ready to jump into stardom.
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Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
America’s Game stands as a symbol of excellences and our great national sprit.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Carroll County can choose excellence or choose excuses.
—Randy Linville, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Seven Illinois principals were also nominated for excellence in teaching.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
America’s Game stands as a symbol of excellences and our great national sprit.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Carroll County can choose excellence or choose excuses.
—Randy Linville, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Seven Illinois principals were also nominated for excellence in teaching.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 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
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The new Washington law restricts facial coverings for all federal, state and local law enforcement officers -- a key distinction intended to avoid claims of discrimination against federal officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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This distinction is rather simple.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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This need to demonstrate moral superiority vis-à-vis their neighbors necessarily makes much of leftism performative in nature, dedicated to signaling both contempt for deplorables and membership in an enlightened tribe.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Overcoming prolonged delays and technical challenges, the US Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon is approaching its first operational deployment, marking a key milestone in the race for hypersonic superiority.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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Rules prohibit federal employees from soliciting or accepting gifts or items of monetary value greater than $20 if the gift is related to their government position.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Elementary, middle and high school students can register for Camp Haverim, where Jewish values, culture and traditions are celebrated through song, food, art and dance.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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These crops reward consistency, not perfection — a little daily attention goes a long way.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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From the East, Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong pursue perfection.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Illinois, which had a huge height advantage, held VCU to 35% shooting and outrebounded the Rams 45-29.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Oklahoma used a 7-0 run late in the first quarter for a double-digit advantage and then outscored Idaho 30-16 in the second quarter for a 57-35 lead at the half.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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One of Lerner’s virtues as a writer is that his work resists this relentless gathering of data (news, text messages, posts), a gathering that’s both abundant and diffuse, and that, paradoxically, feels like a giving over of one’s mind and capacities to fuzzy abstraction.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Leo on Monday signed the decree attesting that Flanagan lived a life of heroic virtue.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Federal prosecutors, in their response, said his request was untimely and without merit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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How did a grab for ratings and relevance merit risking the health of one TV show on a woman who already was arrested in the middle of filming of another?—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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