exceptional
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In fact, omitting just three exceptional years–1998, 2001, and 2002–reduces the annual performance “significantly,” he found.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The reason for the annual dinner is to honor exceptional reporting and student journalists.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Judge Simon Mills told her: "You showed exceptional courage during the incident and afterwards."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Adjusted earnings, which strips out exceptional items such as charges related to the HanesBrand acquisition, came in at 43 cents a share, topping analyst forecasts for 35 cents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
While his thirteen-year-old daughter Kelly, an exceptional young athlete, swam measured laps, his eleven-year-old son Burt kept flipping gracefully off the diving board.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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