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excellence

[ek-suh-luhns] / ˈɛk sə ləns /


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“Apple is already so large, profitable, and deeply embedded in its customers’ lives that incremental excellence may no longer be enough to redefine the company,” Mohan cautioned.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Fame or excellence in either field seems to be the desire of their parents and other adult figures in their lives.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

“May this doll remind every child and every collector that dreams have no limits, excellence leaves a lasting imprint, and true greatness never goes out of style.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Neko Health says "member safety and clinical excellence are at the heart of everything" it does.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

It is a film of excellences, never more so than in the performances by Robert De Niro and a remarkable supporting cast.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2023

The days after VE Day were perfect for a tragic English opera with an English setting, and its musical excellences were supplemented by a sense of its national significance.

From The Guardian Feb. 7, 2013

It is more difficult fora man to judge of the excellences of a dog.

From Time Magazine Archive

Man with a Bull-Tongue Robert Plow, a collection of 703 sonnetesque verses, sings only homespun heroes, vaunts the excellences of Kentucky farmlife, mourns the mortality of Poet Stuart's love affairs and friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his part, Fletcher was profoundly impressed with the countess's manifold excellences, and wrote to Charles Wesley that he had "passed three hours with a modern prodigy—a humble and pious countess."

From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald




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