excels

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"Do you need a gift for that special someone?"

"The student's performance on the test surpassed all expectations. "

"I excelled everyone else with my exam results."

"Everyone in the class needs to bring their textbook to the first lecture. "

"the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation"

"My son consistently gets good grades in math class. "

""She helped me with my homework, and I helped others with theirs." "

"The teacher gave a good example of a sentence using the past tense. "

"The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain"

"My classmates and I are working on a group project for science. "

"He quickly found Ali his better in the ring."