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Adjective
So, my practice as a curator has also always been about presenting art within such spaces but also taking much out of the galleries or, better put, imagining the world out there as THE gallery par excellence. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024 Milan is the place par excellence to describe this discrepancy. Marcello Junior Dino, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024 Lloyd Bentsen was the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate par excellence in 1988. Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Aug. 2024 Just look at Italy: after the premiership of Mario Draghi, the technocrat par excellence, the country elected its most far-right government since Benito Mussolini. Christian Edwards, CNN, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for par excellence 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for par excellence
Adjective
  • The excellent Shailene Woodley pulls off the toughest assignment as the prophetic (or mentally ill) daughter, but Zachary Qunto, Rebecca Henderson and Christopher Sears all forge empathetic beasts.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Develop Mobile Apps Another excellent and popular idea to build passive income is app creation.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • Its hydraulic steering was extremely communicative, responsive, and busy, relaying every crease in the tarmac at all times — to the point of requiring a firm grip and faster than average hands — just the way any driving aficionado desires.
    Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The natural instinct by some, especially progressive House Democrats and big city mayors, will be to resist the former and future president's incoming administration at all costs, especially in terms of its mass deportation plan aimed at undocumented immigrants.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The residents of this wonderful city hold a special place in my heart.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Watch The Small One on Disney+ Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas This short holiday special catches up with the Ice Age characters at the most wonderful time of the year … well, in theory.
    Sydni Ellis, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • At the bike rental shop, a very large, very sweet German Shepherd greeted me from her dog bed by the counter.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Almost all of the editors said this croissant was very plain, lacked flavor, and reminded them more of white bread than a croissant.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Shuttles will transport you to other nearby attractions like Top of the Rock Ozarks Heritage Preserve which, in addition to being a popular golf course, has an awesome cave and nature walk that little and big kids will love.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Human individual rights and protecting them are awesome, too.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • These functions are easy to compute in one direction and extremely difficult to reverse.
    John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The city’s lovely pedestrian-only thoroughfare St. George Street is filled with specialty shops and restaurants, and the nearby Lightner Museum provides a dazzling display of Gilded Age artifacts and two antique shops in its courtyard.
    Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Consider that lovely image from the book of Revelation of Christ standing at the door knocking.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • But economists have warned that more direct fiscal stimulus aimed at shoring up domestic consumption is needed to restore full health in China’s economy, which has struggled to fully recover since the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Because the tax credits are defined by law, Congress would have to act to fully remove them, and the auto industry is already lobbying to try to defend them.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Par excellence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par%20excellence. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.

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