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excel

[ik-sel] / ɪkˈsɛl /


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I see her excel and just keep killing it on all different kinds of aspects of entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

At HumanX, the apparent consensus was that it makes sense that AI agents already adept at coding will excel at finding weaknesses in software.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

While teams excel in most innovation, lone inventors can have an advantage in utility patents for inventions difficult to separate into components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“I’ve been thinking a lot about how the careers that my kids would excel at probably won’t exist, and questioning what they will do instead,” said another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I didn’t expect him to excel at everything, but Donovan excelled at nothing.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman




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