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excels

  • present tense form
    of excel (3rd person singular).
    excel
    verb (used without object)
    to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area; do extremely well.

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While Taiwan has a strong industrial base and excels at shipbuilding, it lacks the technology to remotely control a large number of uncrewed systems across land, sea and air, Chen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Google said Argon excels at complex tasks in software engineering, legal and financial work and cyber defense, with a leading ability to find and fix critical software flaws.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hungary and Zandvoort have long-duration corners, where the McLaren excels.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

But he also excels at making others feel embarrassed, even the shameless ones.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

This is one area Marv excels and delights in.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak