excelling

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But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

"I'm probably taking on a dad role. Seeing how much they're excelling, it's just really exciting for me to watch and wonder where it could go."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Outstanding achievement was thought to depend on strong early performance, such as excelling in school subjects, sports, or concerts, combined with specific abilities like intelligence, physical coordination, or musical talent.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

OpenAI launched its GPT-5.2 AI model, touting it as its most capable model for professional tasks, excelling in areas like spreadsheets and coding.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

While Olivia and I were both intellectually capable of handling the college curriculum, of excelling in it even, we remained in key ways emotionally adolescent.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides