How to Use excellence in a Sentence
excellence
noun- The school is known for the excellence of its teachers.
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Will goes on to analyze the excellence of that sentence (75 words).
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024 -
The aim is to detect both excellence and failure to spread effective instruction and root out poor practice.
— Betsy Hammond, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022 -
Their solutions are creative, and their pursuit of human excellence is as important as the outcomes.
— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 -
According to Condé Nast, the awards are the longest running recognition of excellence in the travel industry.
— Staff, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2022 -
The del Toro touch, the ability to use technical excellence and clarity of vision in order to say something powerful, is missing in his work as a curator, though.
— Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022 -
For years, teachers have been rewarding students for academic excellence and productivity.
— Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022 -
On the mood in the locker room: The standard here, man, is excellence.
— Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024 -
The future of the iPhone is clear as day: boring excellence.
— Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The team, which is worth $1.3 billion, has built a legacy of excellence.
— Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023 -
But this film is not Black trauma — it’s about Black excellence and Black joy.
— Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022 -
When the whole class gets an A, colleges are telling us that mediocrity equals excellence.
— WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023 -
But the truest yardstick of ice cream excellence might be the simplest: straight-up vanilla.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Sure, baguettes and champagne are great, but nothing compares to the excellence of a good french fry.
— Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024 -
In the high-end gem trade, certain origins are code words for excellence.
— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 July 2023 -
For 11 years, Thomas was a pillar of excellence for a franchise that has spent most of the past two-plus decades in disarray.
— Tom Withers, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023 -
Time will tell whether Butler can produce sustained excellence — and dish out more hugs in the process.
— Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024 -
Don’t be a pushover, but resist the urge to shame others for their lack of calendar excellence.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 July 2023 -
But the Longhorns and Sooners, like the Gators, boast tradition and athletic excellence across the board.
— Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023 -
For a coach and franchise that aim for excellence, shouldn’t the standard for scoring be higher?
— cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023 -
In 2022, Davis won a Streamy Award, which honors excellence in online video.
— Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Either way, you'll be treated to the kind of laidback excellence that the dude ranch lifestyle has perfected over the years.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023 -
In response, Seymour drives to Val’s mansion to confront him in the name of artistic excellence.
— Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023 -
They are elected for life through a peer review process based on excellence in science.
— Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024 -
The athletes still believe in those classical virtues of excellence, in the agony and ecstasy, and so do so many of us who watch them.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024 -
The sad irony is almost all districts have pockets of excellence.
— Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024 -
Relentless in their pursuit of excellence; and Fearless in the face of failure.
— Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Your ratings help define excellence in travel and guide fellow travelers to the best of the best.
— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Regardless, Louis’s countrymen held him and his victory up as symbols of ancestral excellence, and a new global tradition was born.
— Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024 -
Whatever her shortcomings as a writer — and Ms. Bradford made no pretense to literary excellence — her tens of millions of readers were enthralled, and her success was undeniable.
— Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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