excels

verb

present tense third-person singular of excel
as in surpasses
to be greater, better, or stronger than the special effects in this new sci-fi extravaganza excel any that we've seen previously

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Recent Examples of excels The result is a system that excels once patients are sick, but too often intervenes late — after costs have mounted and options have narrowed. — Pooja Kumar, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 According to our scoring methodology, Sallie Mae excels has some of the lowest starting interest rates, while SoFi excels at customer service. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 The car excels in ride comfort and agility, with a particularly effective Intelligent Recuperation system for city driving. — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Park excels at articulating the importance and immediacy of youth, when bonds carry an extra intensity that makes breaking them feel bigger than life. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026 Figures such as Assemblyman Carl DeMaio from San Diego County, an aggressive fiscal hawk who excels at dominating conservative media and raising grassroots funds, command a fiercely loyal base. — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 Cozens has very desirable traits beyond just his offensive production as a 6-foot-3 right-shot center who excels in the faceoff circle (won over 53 percent of his draws last season). — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Anthropic captivated Wall Street investors and government technologists by launching a model called Mythos in April, which excels at identifying vulnerabilities within software. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 July 2026 In several instances, the report highlights the Human Genome Project as an example of the sort of project that government excels at driving. — ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excels
  1. surpasses
  2. exceeds
  3. tops
  4. eclipses
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  • But first, welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where Sophie Cunningham stuns in a backless halter top and then surpasses Caitlin Clark in social media followers.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Wells Fargo reported the pipeline of weight-loss medications now surpasses cancer drugs as the most valuable category of products on the horizon.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpasses
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  • The International Monetary Fund expects the Iranian economy to contract by more than 5% this year, while inflation for food exceeds 100% and unemployment rises.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese models now carry more than 60% of the platform’s traffic, which exceeds 20 trillion tokens a week.
    — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeds
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  • According to our Joe Rexrode, no person in college football this year is more interesting than Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, who tops Joe’s list of 25.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Brooks has long highlighted Japan’s efforts to keep its bond yields artificially low as a way of keeping its massive debt burden, which tops 200% of GDP, in check.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tops
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  • The toll eclipses that of the country's 2018-2020 outbreak when 2,299 deaths out of 3,481 cases were recorded.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The toll eclipses that of the country’s 2018-2020 outbreak when 2,299 deaths out of 3,481 cases were recorded.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipses

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“Excels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excels. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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