as in distinctions
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 excellences
America’s Game stands as a symbol of excellences and our great national sprit.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Developed and processed by its in-house team at its facilities in Roccapietra and Quarona, Italy, Loro Piana is ranking Royal Lightness among its consolidated excellences, such as The Gift of Kings.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Developed and processed by its in-house team at its facilities in Roccapietra and Quarona, Italy, Loro Piana is ranking Royal Lightness among its consolidated excellences, such as The Gift of Kings.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellences
Noun
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Among its many distinctions, SPLC is known for bankrupting the Ku Klux Klan.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Kings narrowly cleared the playoff hurdle with the lowest point total, worst goal differential and other ignominious distinctions among postseason qualifiers in a season where goals and wins, particularly in regulation, were rather infrequent.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Choose to act from one aspect of your values, character, essence, or virtues.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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During a March school board meeting, Nicky Smit — a staff member at Sandburg High School — extolled the virtues of foreign language learning and pressed the district to add Arabic language courses.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The company’s press releases tout infrasound’s advantages over sprinklers.—
Cyrus Farivar,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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But Indianapolis has a couple of advantages that northwest Indiana does not.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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While her sisters are dedicated to love and romance, however that may look to them, Mary mostly seems to tick between wanting to be left alone and wanting to be seen on her own merits.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
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In addition to asking for a stay of the lower court’s ruling, Danco Laboratories urged the justices to take the case up on the merits.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Pichai carries strong values into his work—economic uplift, compassion for migrants—and says his quest is to build useful things for as many people as possible.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Excellences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellences. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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