Exceptional talent shown by Bill in race abroad (10)

I believe the answer is:

brilliance

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'exceptional talent' is the definition.
'brilliance' can be an answer for 'talent' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'exceptional' bit.

'bill in race abroad' is the wordplay.
'abroad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bill'+'in'+'race'='billinrace'
'billinrace' with letters rearranged gives 'BRILLIANCE'.

'shown by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for brilliance that I've seen before include "Genius; brightness" , "Exceptional cleverness" , "Brightness; cleverness" , "Brightness, vividness" , "virtuosity" .)

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