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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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Mason Mount did excel alongside Santos in the first three games of pre-season, but he has been struggling to overcome a foot problem he suffered against Paris St-Germain in Gothenburg on 8 August.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Heart-rate accuracy: Several studies show wearables excel at capturing resting heart rate during sleep, a finding that matched my own clinical sleep-lab tests.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

McGinn needs strong players around him in order to excel, as he does as Aston Villa's hugely respected leader.

From BBC Jun. 27, 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

Didn't all parents expect their kid to excel in one or even two of these areas?

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Regardless of whether Edwin Díaz ever excels again in his closer role, I wonder if anyone else feels like I do about the trumpets and light show hoopla announcing his entrance from the bullpen?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

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

For instance, AI excels at tasks with clear structures such as coding, legal-document review and financial analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Despite Haymitch's order to appear mediocre, Peeta excels in hand-to-hand combat, and I sweep the edible plants test without blinking an eye.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Khan was voted in by millions of Pakistanis who grew up watching him play cricket, where he excelled as an all-rounder and led the nation to a World Cup victory in 1992.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Centre-back Malachi Hardy, 18, is another youngster who has earned praise from De Zerbi and excelled in the 2-1 win over Chelsea.

From BBC Aug. 4, 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

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

It was the sort of response Toby excelled at when he felt slighted.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

But there have been a couple of European teams excelling beyond expectations.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

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

It is only logical that a natural forward player like Dembele in those situations has been able to thrive instead, excelling against Senegal before scoring a first-half hat-trick against Norway from that right-wing position.

From BBC Jun. 30, 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

“Oh, good. I wasn’t really excelling so far today....”

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




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