1
as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
a poet whose work is of enduring greatness
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2
as in generosity
the quality or state of being large in size
the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice
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Recent Examples of greatness
There’s a lot of anxiety about gender, race, and whiteness tied to the discourse about greatness.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Even the journalists in the press box stood to acclaim Yamal’s greatness, taking out their phones to capture the moment for posterity.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Argentina fan Vilson Maldonado made the trip from Guatemala to see Messi’s greatness and is one of many Messi fans to appreciate Argentina soccer from outside the country.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
For greatness like this, only America would have been big enough.
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Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for greatness
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Even the journalists in the press box stood to acclaim Yamal’s greatness, taking out their phones to capture the moment for posterity.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Argentina fan Vilson Maldonado made the trip from Guatemala to see Messi’s greatness and is one of many Messi fans to appreciate Argentina soccer from outside the country.
—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
For greatness like this, only America would have been big enough.
—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greatness
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There’s no doubt that Damien safety Gavin Williams, a USC commit, will be the standard for excellence this coming season.
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Messi’s excellence aside, Algeria held up fairly well against Argentina, at least on the stat sheet.
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When storage itself is put on display, of course, the museum is still speaking, declaring both the wealth of its holdings and its generosity in sharing them.
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Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.
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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.
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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.
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There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.
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Earthquakes are measured by magnitude on a logarithmic scale — so each whole number increase translates to 32 times more energy released by the quake.
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On the San Andreas Fault, scientists expect on average a large earthquake of magnitude 7 or above every 170 years or so, with the timing varying along the fault.
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Top competitor Alibaba is also banking on an abundance of autonomous technology throughout its supply chain over the next few years.
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His core argument is that abundance carries hidden costs the effort of evaluating options, the fear of picking wrong and the nagging sense that some other choice might have been better.
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His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.
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But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
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Its bulkiness could be seen as both a blessing and a curse, as much of the weight is concentrated in the base to prevent the monitor from tipping over.
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Convenient and effective, at keeping your beverages cool, yes, but the worst part about most coolers is hands-down the bulkiness.
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“Greatness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greatness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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