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essential qualities

NOUN
right stuff
Synonyms
WEAK
abilities bravery courage credentials dependability drive experience guts knowledge power qualifications self-confidence skills talent the goods the makings the stuff what it takes

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John Leader brings immense warmth, generosity and humility to the role - all essential qualities for our BFG.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

If I could propose two essential qualities of Dick as a human, they would be cosmic bafflement and heroic hopefulness, both present in “Ubik.”

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

But there are a few essential qualities almost all of them share.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2021

Benjamin discussed the polio vaccine rollout in 1956, arguing that one of the essential qualities that made that campaign successful was the fact that "influencers" publicly got vaccinated.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2020

Elevation of thought, fervour of language, powerful delineation of character, are its essential qualities.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various