exceptionality

noun

Definition of exceptionalitynext
as in extraordinariness

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  1. excellence
  2. greatness
  3. importance
  4. excellency
  5. superiority
  6. perfection
  7. supremacy
Noun
  • The longtime broadcaster chatted with the Saturday Night Live alum Thursday morning on the sidelines of the annual New York City event, where the pair previewed NBC's upcoming 50th anniversary special celebrating five decades of SNL excellence.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • By continuously engaging with these dimensions and remaining open to learning and adaptation, leaders can guide their organizations toward a future of sustained growth and excellence.
    Jim Becker, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of excellence
Noun
  • Holding aloft every trophy on offer with the Reds—apart from the Europa League—the relentless number 11 has only occasionally gone off the boil, reliability that has ultimately resulted in greatness.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • His greatness felt particularly significant on a night when the Ravens faced their two top running backs from the pre-Henry era.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of greatness
Noun
  • Her writing ignites deep reflections on topics such as intergenerational trauma, identity, self-love and the importance of setting healthy boundaries.
    Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This transitional period underscores the importance of cautious and informed hiring practices to navigate compliance effectively.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of importance
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of excellency
Noun
  • And Audi had demonstrated its technical superiority in morale-crushing fashion.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
  • This may involve an actual belief in one’s inherent superiority.
    Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of superiority
Noun
  • Giving ourselves permission to let go of perfection leaves more time for what really matters: making memories with our kids and actually enjoying the season.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The new medium setting is the Goldilocks of temperatures—not too hot, not too weak, just voluminous blowout perfection in under 15 minutes.
    Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of perfection
Noun
  • In the 1990s, The Monday Night War was a pivotal turning point and involved two rival wrestling promotions engaged in a ruthless cable television ratings battle for supremacy.
    Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Put together, this allowed the researchers to reconstruct the interactions between ecosystems—essentially a food web—at the time the dinosaurs began rising to supremacy.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of supremacy
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