had aced
- past perfect of ace.
Example Sentences
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There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
The day he went missing, Saira had aced a school exam and was excited to tell her brother, her "biggest supporter".
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
Before that, no one had aced that hole since Jim Furyk in 2011.
From Washington Times ● May 28, 2023
By the end of last year, her first full school year teaching this method, Hurt said 80% of her first-grade class had aced a phonology test — nothing she’d seen before in previous years.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
Max had aced all his exams, and the summer stretched out ahead of him, sunny and sweet.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
