as in excellent
of the very best kind
sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence
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Recent Examples of par excellence
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
The Chinese Communist Party must be crushed—and there is no one better to crush them than the White House-dwelling class traitor par excellence, Donald Trump.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
This model is basically an all-things-to-all people air-changing doohickey par excellence.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And — for the second time in as many years — Ayer has created a piece of AMC A-List cinema par excellence by emphasizing the actor’s sheer force of will as a spectacle unto itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Those entities, including combinations of actual banks, also acted and act as regulators par excellence precisely because no private entity lends blithely.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
The Chinese Communist Party must be crushed—and there is no one better to crush them than the White House-dwelling class traitor par excellence, Donald Trump.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
This model is basically an all-things-to-all people air-changing doohickey par excellence.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And — for the second time in as many years — Ayer has created a piece of AMC A-List cinema par excellence by emphasizing the actor’s sheer force of will as a spectacle unto itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par excellence
Adjective
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The carbon nanofiber provides mechanical stability, abundant pore channels, and excellent electrolyte wettability, while the cobalt sites catalyze the adsorption and conversion of polysulfides.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Simonon didn’t play bass at all.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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The gold could be from Indonesia or Chile, which carries tariffs of 19% and 10%, respectively, or the US or Canada, which may not carry any duties at all.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Christos honored their promise by gifting me with a wonderful collage in addition to my one-dollar paycheck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That scene was so incredibly awkward… and wonderful.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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And then, in the very last draft, my editor asked me to clarify for her how the science worked.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Music lovers should head to see the Bluegrass Band art piece in East Bend, and the square in Yadkinville featuring Carolina Pines is particularly lovely.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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In between performances, while the crew was breaking down and setting up on stage, there was a lovely MC keeping the crowd entertained.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Nineteenth-century reporters could be extremely casual with facts and guessed at the spelling of names.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The guys are awesome; everybody’s been super welcoming.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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And what Moana has represented is a really awesome global embrace of Polynesian culture, our values and our qualities and our pride and our mana.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Obviously, injuries are playing a major factor, but will the Sabres even be able to stay afloat until the lineup is fully healthy?—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Hours later, an appeals court let the ruling to fully fund SNAP stand.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Par excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par%20excellence. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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