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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
a poet whose work is of enduring greatness
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as in generosity
the quality or state of being large in size
the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice
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Recent Examples of greatness
Kindel gets to watch greatness every night.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Marty Supreme is the story of Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a would-be table-tennis champion whose dreams of greatness are hampered by the fact that no one in 1952 New York City gives a damn about table tennis.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Nyad's journey from shore to shore — also immortalized in the 2023 sports drama Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — tells the story of a person striving to overcome trauma and achieve greatness at great personal cost.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
This quiz is your chance to dive into the literary side of sci-fi greatness.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greatness
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Her answer landed like a mic drop at Golden Eve, a new primetime special airing Thursday on CBS that celebrates work defined by excellence and lasting impact.—
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The recognition places Dogwood among a small group of restaurants nationwide singled out for excellence in their first year on the dining scene.—
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After the campaign collected $1,503,533 from more than 38,500 donations, the organizers posted a note thanking contributors for their generosity.—
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If your grandchild attends one of these schools and receives financial aid, check with the school’s financial aid office about how your generosity could affect their aid package.—
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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.—
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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.—
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But none of them came anywhere near the genocide of 2023–25 in terms of magnitude, severity and sheer brutality.—
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Excluding disasters, sudden surges of this magnitude in requests for food or any other need are rare at 211s, and can signal both public worry and need, as happened in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
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The district said the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.—
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Making use of multiple methods, Nailiang pointed out that LUWA is expected to resolve the abundance and origin of lunar water ice.—
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At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.—
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All of these things were done without the bulkiness or power requirements of a pump, which has been one of the drawbacks of other hydraulic haptic systems.—
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The gray hood paired with the plaid give you the look of layering without the bulkiness, and the plaid comes in a few different colors.—
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“Greatness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greatness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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