exceptional
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He deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for exceptional combat performance and the Army Commendation Medal for outstanding leadership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The publishing house Grasset also came to his defence, saying the allegations "are atrociously injurious to a writer with an exceptional life-story" whose "work of creation is original and powerful."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Because the amount of voltage required to achieve that balance could be measured with exceptional precision, it provided another way to calculate big G.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
“This underscores the exceptional pace of issuance this year, particularly in recent weeks,” Capuano says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I must not think too much of this, or I may be tempted; a good cause might turn the scale with me, for may not I too be of an exceptional brain, congenitally?
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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