exceptional
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The reason for the annual dinner is to honor exceptional reporting and student journalists.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
An exceptional head coach and an exciting quarterback, with the wind at their backs, racing toward a relatively breezy schedule?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Bailey said the government would, in "exceptional circumstances", have the option to extend the timeline by a further six months but they would have to explain to Parliament why this is needed.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The closely followed underlying profit figure more than doubled to $3.2 billion from $1.4 billion the previous year, a figure that "reflects exceptional oil trading contribution", the statement said.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Now I became not just good but exceptional, with Chet Douglass my only rival in sight.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing exceptional
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