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
Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made, and if so, who gets to do the making?
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024
The private event was an industry schmooze par excellence, something like if Jay Gatsby decided to throw an unofficial SXSW showcase, and the tunes, like everything else, were top-shelf.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) encapsulates—par excellence—the rise of the Anatolians in the country.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
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Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made, and if so, who gets to do the making?
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024
The private event was an industry schmooze par excellence, something like if Jay Gatsby decided to throw an unofficial SXSW showcase, and the tunes, like everything else, were top-shelf.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) encapsulates—par excellence—the rise of the Anatolians in the country.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par excellence
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North Carolina State University researchers found that deer movement can be excellent the last hour of daylight during the last-quarter phase of the moon.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, this maintenance is an excellent time for the IRS to test its systems to ensure that many people can submit their tax returns simultaneously.Nathalie Goldstein, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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By Wednesday evening local time, it was not listed among trending topics at all.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Suspecting that the bear in question was in fact not a bear at all, detectives asked a California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist to watch the videos and weigh in.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The box includes only a USB-A-to-USB-C cable for charging. Sound: Powerful Bass and Clean Highs Simply put, the Bose SoundLink Home sounds wonderful.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Then there’s Cleo’s nervy 30-something daughter, Grace — the wonderful Zoë Geltman — who’s always been the good girl but whose loins are newly afire for her brother-in-law, Roy (Gabriel Brown).Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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That gives us very little clarity as to who the Best New Artist front-runner is.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Here’s the latest: Ventura County’s Mountain Fire expanded in size on Wednesday after powerful Santa Ana winds came into contact with very dry air.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Webb telescope trained its awesome eye on it for 14 hours total, spread across three months.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Winning the 2024 World Series is an awesome achievement that will always be remembered and celebrated.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Incumbent Carmen Montano and Councilmember Hon Lien are locked in an extremely close mayoral race in Milpitas.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Instead of continuing on to Pristine Camp, 14,800 feet high and the highlight of our trip, JSB was able to get my wife to the nearest hospital, provide an interpreter, and manage to get us to a lovely finca at a much lower altitude where my wife recovered in a beautiful setting.Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The Ravel makes several stops in idyllic medieval towns along the Rhône, including Avignon, Viviers, and Arles – the lovely Roman town where Vincent van Gogh created some of his most memorable work.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Prohibiting smoking is the only way to fully protect us from secondhand smoke exposure.David Stempel, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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These flashbacks are presented without audio, as though the sound of Jonathan’s voice and Catherine’s own crying are too excruciating to fully recall.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Par excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par%20excellence. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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