Excellence

We were amazed at the excellence of the boy's drawings.

We fully appreciate his excellence as a skier.

He won the prize for excellence in all subjects.

We've bagged many awards for excellence.

In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers.

Some analysts consider Somalia as the failed state par excellence.

The student strove for excellence.

Tom sometimes wishes Mary were a stoat. Given how much he likes them both, Mary the stoat would be to him the manifestation of excellence itself.

I aim for excellence in all areas of my life.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.