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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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Furthermore, managers who are managing many different funds may be stretched too thin to excel in any one of his funds.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Those are all areas where we really excel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

It would have been nice if the first move was obtaining players who excel at defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

These markets often excel at aggregating dispersed information, sometimes outperforming polls and expert forecasts of elections, economic indicators and geopolitical developments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

I never imagined that at the age of fourteen I’d excel at deception.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin