How to Use excellence in a Sentence

excellence

noun
  • The school is known for the excellence of its teachers.
  • His excellence is still fresh in his peers’ minds.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lo is no stranger to cooking up excellence, of course.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The staff also earned an excellence in video award.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • After two skates, doubt had been erased by excellence.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The sole focus in here is about excellence.
    — CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • With all that comes the burdens of excellence.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • There needs to be an excellence, a luxury type of vibe for me.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Her excellence played a key role in the league’s survival and success.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In the high-end gem trade, certain origins are code words for excellence.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • How deeply they are missed, those men across the line who made excellence necessary.
    — Ron Mix, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Every week, Black excellence shows up and shows out.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For one thing, many Black children rarely get to learn about black excellence in school.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Such a trait – excellence with respect to one’s anger – used to be called meekness.
    — Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Mitchell has always logged long hours in pursuit of excellence.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
  • There have been flashes of excellence.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • The commitment to excellence, year in and year out.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • They are elected for life through a peer review process based on excellence in science.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
  • Instead of a narrow peak there would be an endless plain of excellence.
    — Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
  • This lively, trendy restaurant and bar is a love note to Black excellence.
    — John-John Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Now come the inevitable questions about whether their era of excellence is wrapping up.
    — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Rice’s excellence as a hitter has been obscured to a great extent.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Excellence is like a magnet that pulls great leaders to their futures.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • When the whole class gets an A, colleges are telling us that mediocrity equals excellence.
    — WSJ, 19 Dec. 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
  • The Avs have set the bar for excellence in our state since 1995.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The sad irony is almost all districts have pockets of excellence.
    — Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • What Rolls-Royce brought was this vision of excellence.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • And of course, the games showcase athletic excellence from across the globe.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Close and follow up – get to yes and implement with excellence.
    — George Bradt, Forbes, 5 July 2022

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