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excel
verb as in be superior; surpass
Strongest matches
Strong matches
beat, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, surmount, top, wax
Weak matches
be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, show talent, take precedence
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Example Sentences
Life seemed to have little meaning; a need to excel was almost gone.
Can it be exported to Excel, or a comma-separated file, for instance?
In her own way, Woodley is inspiring young women to succeed and excel.
One of her deputy chiefs of staff keeps track of the tracker, an Excel spreadsheet, she says.
It made my journey a longer one, but I really wanted to excel in the theater.
English connoisseurs suffer those of no other nation to excel them in their collections.
At his best period, however, his instruments are of rare beauty and merit, and equal or perhaps excel those of Stradiuarius.
All decorative painting, carving, and inlaying is done by them; in short, they excel in all ingenious mechanical arts.
Great actions command admiration, and none of modern times excel those of the patriot exile, Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee.
The English excel in pantomime as much as the French in comedy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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