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choiceness, distinction, excellency, first-rateness, greatness, perfection, preeminence, primeness, superbness, superiority, supremacy
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The level of tennis from both players had reached a rare degree of excellence and intensity. — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, "Rafael Nadal Defeats Daniil Medvedev in the Best U.S. Open Men’s Final of This Century," 9 Sep. 2019 The rankings also considered faculty resources (20 percent), expert opinion (20 percent), financial resources (10 percent), student excellence (10 percent), and alumni giving (5 percent). — Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com, "Here’s where Massachusetts colleges ranked in the annual US News & World Report list," 9 Sep. 2019 The San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers are celebrating our 75th anniversary of providing choral excellence and performances with the San Antonio Symphony. — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio’s volunteer Mastersingers evolved from backup group to headliners," 7 Sep. 2019 The Ananya Dance Theatre explores identity and history through artistic excellence and social justice, which can eventually lead to healing. — Paula Akakpo / Math And Science Academy, Twin Cities, "ThreeSixty Journalism: Social justice dance: a healing experience," 31 Aug. 2019 The continent needs to develop its capacity for globally competitive postdoctoral training, as this is essential to promoting scientific and research excellence and leadership. — Thomas Kariuki, Quartz Africa, "African universities are battling to attract post-doctoral researchers," 31 Aug. 2019 My hope and goal is to maintain the standard of excellence and tradition that has already been established for the Vanguard softball program. — Daily Pilot Staff, Daily Pilot, "Vanguard University hires Amber Freeman as softball coach," 6 Aug. 2019 And that excellence and quality does not mean exclusion. — Eric Johnson, Vox, "“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson," 2 Aug. 2019 The lyrics instead mostly preoccupy themselves with wordplay that swings between excellence and something worse than a dad joke. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Chance the Rapper Wants You to Get Married," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'excellence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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