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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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Our students excel because we treat them differently.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The Swiss has played in a variety of roles for club and country in the middle of the park, but he has the attributes to potentially excel as a box-to-box midfielder.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The boy decided to excel at football after being picked last for a recess game in fifth grade, Obrokta said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Today’s AI models can excel at single tasks, such as translation or image generation, but they cannot reason like a human.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

“We don’t have the right deck for Old Maid and, unfortunately for you, I excel at Go Fish. I won the Go Fish tournament in fifth grade.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

But he also excels at making others feel embarrassed, even the shameless ones.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

But where the PetPhone genuinely excels is location tracking.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Fable 5 excels in software engineering, scientific research and other complex tasks, according to the company.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Microlensing, which is expected to reveal more than 1,000 worlds, excels at finding planets farther from their stars, including systems that resemble our own solar system.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

I’m thinking about what Ainsley said and wondering what a person who excels looks like.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

It bothered him that nobody could keep pace with receiver Nick Garton, who also excelled in soccer and track in high school, and could breeze up the grade like it was nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The seven attendees, who ranged from their mid 30s to their late 50s, had excelled in lucrative fields like finance, consulting, healthcare and tech.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

An unknown quantity in Europe, having only managed in qualifiers, he will also have to navigate two ties to reach the Europa League proper, where Rangers have excelled in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

In both tone and structure, it harks back to the kind of theatrical properties that May and Lotta excelled in during the first half of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

After tests were returned and grades given, the student body, which acted like an extended family, knew who did well, who excelled, and what piteous ones had failed.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

There was nothing wrong with the Madison, N.J., public school Ankur Jain’s 11-year-old son attended: Arjan was happy and excelling academically.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

For context, Harry Kane is a year younger and still excelling in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

Joshi explains to parents that excelling at football could ultimately help their girls get jobs, as Indian states set aside some public sector roles for sportsmen and women.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

Izzard has won praise as a dramatic actor, excelling in plays by David Mamet and Peter Nichols, but here seems content to stick to story-time mode.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

He wasn’t exactly excelling in the classroom, and his disenchantment with school was beginning to wear on him.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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