exceptionality

noun

Definition of exceptionalitynext
as in extraordinariness

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  1. excellence
  2. greatness
  3. importance
  4. excellency
  5. superiority
  6. perfection
  7. supremacy
Noun
  • The nation also won both U17 and U20 world titles in 2016 demonstrating a concerted excellence in women's soccer at youth level.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The celebrity and business leader list reads like a who’s who of Black excellence in the U.S.: Tyler Perry, Brian Tyree Henry, Don Cheadle, Spike Lee, John Legend, Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers and so on (and on…).
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of excellence
Noun
  • Most time-management books leave you feeling inadequate, focusing on greatness and optimization, but Adachi’s guide to time management covers doing less with more focus, a lesson that most founders need to learn.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The star’s achievement came in part thanks to her drive for greatness from an early age.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of greatness
Noun
  • However, their importance declined measurably in the last half of the 20th century.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The story of the disabled employee and the example of the school principal illustrates the importance of these principles.
    Maria Alonso, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of importance
Noun
  • Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of excellency
Noun
  • The film explores how the extremists combine violence, threatened or actual, with sophisticated social media campaigns to bring their pseudoscientific claims of racial superiority to the mainstream.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of superiority
Noun
  • Second, investment success is less about perfection and more about participation.
    Wes Moss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There is a word for this in Japanese, shibumi, that denotes an aesthetic of austere simplicity and effortless perfection, of doing the most with the least.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of perfection
Noun
  • Meta’s Llama was touted as the top open model, where OpenAI’s closed models are obviously close to the curve of model supremacy.
    John Werner, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Related Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy Apple’s ‘Project ACDC’ is creating AI chips for data centers.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of supremacy
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