How to Use excellence in a Sentence

excellence

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  • The school is known for the excellence of its teachers.
  • On the mood in the locker room: The standard here, man, is excellence.
    — Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The future of the iPhone is clear as day: boring excellence.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The team, which is worth $1.3 billion, has built a legacy of excellence.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But this film is not Black trauma — it’s about Black excellence and Black joy.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
  • When the whole class gets an A, colleges are telling us that mediocrity equals excellence.
    — WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But the truest yardstick of ice cream excellence might be the simplest: straight-up vanilla.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Sure, baguettes and champagne are great, but nothing compares to the excellence of a good french fry.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • In the high-end gem trade, certain origins are code words for excellence.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • For 11 years, Thomas was a pillar of excellence for a franchise that has spent most of the past two-plus decades in disarray.
    — Tom Withers, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Time will tell whether Butler can produce sustained excellence — and dish out more hugs in the process.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
  • Don’t be a pushover, but resist the urge to shame others for their lack of calendar excellence.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
  • But the Longhorns and Sooners, like the Gators, boast tradition and athletic excellence across the board.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
  • For a coach and franchise that aim for excellence, shouldn’t the standard for scoring be higher?
    — cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023
  • In 2022, Davis won a Streamy Award, which honors excellence in online video.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Either way, you'll be treated to the kind of laidback excellence that the dude ranch lifestyle has perfected over the years.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In response, Seymour drives to Val’s mansion to confront him in the name of artistic excellence.
    — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • They are elected for life through a peer review process based on excellence in science.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
  • The athletes still believe in those classical virtues of excellence, in the agony and ecstasy, and so do so many of us who watch them.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • The sad irony is almost all districts have pockets of excellence.
    — Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • Relentless in their pursuit of excellence; and Fearless in the face of failure.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Your ratings help define excellence in travel and guide fellow travelers to the best of the best.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There’s likely no right answer on how to make a mark, but what’s not in doubt is that having a plan and a process is a foundation for excellence.
    — Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And her longevity feels like a quest in the direction of excellence, as well as a pursuit of her own quintessence.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
  • All told, five head coaches received votes, once again reflecting the depth of coaching excellence in the NBA.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There’s also no precedent for Tonkin’s run of excellence.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • There’s often little if any excellence gap between the two groups.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • The awards recognize excellence across a broad range of categories.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Each week readers vote on central Indiana students who were nominated by their schools for excellence in the classroom and beyond.
    — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2024
  • These are not virtues in a moralistic sense but, rather, habits of excellence inspired by definitions from ancient philosophy.
    — Sarah Elk, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

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