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  • past participle of excel.
  • past tense form of excel.

excelled



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The Wallabies excelled with some vibrant attacking rugby, scoring five tries against the back-to-back World Cup winners to lead by 25 points with 16 minutes left.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Tishler, Mr. Werth writes, excelled at the “unglamorous work” of making crude laboratory processes work at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She excelled at online learning, which she could do quietly from a corner in Leffler’s office, and was well-liked at the grocery store and donut shop where she worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

Barnett excelled, attending Northwestern University and opening his own law office right there in Chicago when he was just twenty years old.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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