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excellency

[ek-suh-luhn-see] / ˈɛk sə lən si /








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"It's just another example of our partnership. And I hope you know, your excellency, that you can count on us."

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

“The document shows Brazil has fulfilled with excellency all the rigid demands of the bidding process,” Brazilian soccer confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2024

"I send greetings of good wishes to your excellency and the People of China," the Pope said in the telegram addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

From Reuters Sep. 1, 2023

"As a soldier of Afghanistan, I ask his excellency Donald Trump to continue the fight here", said Brig Gen Mohammad Wali Ahmadzai, the commander of the 215th Corps in Helmand.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2017

I beg you will assure his excellency that Glandore will not shrink from his.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

All the excellencies and some heads of state and David Beckham turned up, and fireworks shot up outside the stadium.

From Washington Post Nov. 20, 2022

"Prince Joachim's descendants will thus have to be addressed as excellencies in the future."

From BBC Oct. 3, 2022

These excellencies are small moments tucked into a baggy novel that struggles to find its focus.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2020

Pope’s solution was to flag the excellencies with a comma in the margin—or, if they were particularly “shining” examples, with a star—whereas “excessively bad” passages were “degraded to the bottom of the page.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 6, 2015

The girls fled to their brothers for protection--their excellencies retired to their own apartments m a hurry.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield




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