virtue
Example Sentences
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The state, by virtue of the raid, seems to be siding with the California tribes, who have purview over almost all non-pari-mutuel gambling in the state and oppose the machines.
From Los Angeles Times
For statehouse denizens in Concord, the question of pay turns on competing views about the makeup of the legislative body and the virtues of volunteer lawmakers.
Fiorentina have a superior goal difference than Lecce and only sit below them by virtue of having played a game more.
From Barron's
The Founding Fathers believed the United States could not prosper if its citizens lacked virtue.
“Alas,” Chen says, “neither virtue nor righteousness is worth a single penny in today’s China.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
