excel

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While teams excel in most innovation, lone inventors can have an advantage in utility patents for inventions difficult to separate into components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The teens are part of Make Great Plays, a grassroots organization that gives elementary school students a chance to dream, excel and believe they belong in educational echelons that once felt out of reach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“I’ve been thinking a lot about how the careers that my kids would excel at probably won’t exist, and questioning what they will do instead,” said another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"Fraudsters, and romance fraudsters in particular, excel at spinning a narrative that can sound plausible to victims," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

At school, a lot of kids, the ones actively competing for the Excelsior Award, are flipping out, trying to excel at everything at once.

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