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by virtue of what



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“We have a great opportunity by virtue of what we have achieved.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

That is to say, the mask would conceal your face, but it would show a part of your personality by virtue of what kind of mask you chose to wear.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2020

"A lot of people felt it was dirty and noisy, which it was, because coal by virtue of what it is, coal is dirty," he said.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2019

Scoops can now come from all corners of the media map and find an audience just by virtue of what they reveal.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2013

Your State, by virtue of what she has done and is now doing for you, has a right to expect unselfishness and unstinted service in her own interests and in those of mankind.

From On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd




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