1
as in excellency
exceptionally high quality
the annual awards honor excellence in children's literature
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as in distinction
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 excellence
That combination of excellence and diversity prepares students for the real world and must be protected and celebrated as one of our district’s most valuable assets.
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
The Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards honor innovation and excellence in humanoid robotics.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
From championship moments to festival stages, this week’s sightings prove that Black excellence continues to glow wherever the spotlight lands.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
The school is renowned for its commitment to fostering academic excellence, ethical responsibility, and global engagement, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
The Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards honor innovation and excellence in humanoid robotics.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
From championship moments to festival stages, this week’s sightings prove that Black excellence continues to glow wherever the spotlight lands.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
The school is renowned for its commitment to fostering academic excellence, ethical responsibility, and global engagement, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellence
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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.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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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.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2024
Noun
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When counseling clients, financial advisors often draw a distinction between investing and speculation.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Find the distinction in your relationships as Venus enters Libra.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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By dispelling the myth of SPS superiority, this study opens the door to more flexible and cost-effective production strategies, accelerating the path toward safer, high-performance solid-state batteries, according to the study.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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But she is best remembered for Keeping Up Appearances and her role as Hyacinth Bucket, a working-class woman with pretensions of social superiority.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Packages with values of $800 or less, which were previously allowed to enter the United States duty-free, are now subject to a range of tariffs and fees.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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So Spectrum now wants to encourage its customers to take advantage of those subscriptions, which the company says provides more than $125 per month in value, by launching a new Spectrum app store in its mobile app and on its website, which is meant to streamline that process.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Prioritizing perfection, or at least the absence of mistakes, has impacted military leadership culture in many ways.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The sessions, recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in just three days, were less about perfection than presence.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
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One major advantage of developing artificial intelligence in China lies in the availability of large, high-quality datasets, particularly coming from hospitals that are often willing to share medical information for research purposes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Who is looking strongest for these next three races/who has the advantage beyond just points standings?—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The virtue of independence is the companion of freedom.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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But trends, especially on social media, that fallback on body-shaming stereotypes casting thinness as a virtue haven't disappeared.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
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Rarely does a 29-page scholarly paper merit the attention of top-level executives, but every business leader should be familiar with a recent study from OpenAI.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Lou Tingle's vast merit badge collection from his days with Troop 228 illustrated just how much more Steiger had to learn about survival, agriculture, craftsmanship and life in general.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellence. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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