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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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Chrystabell hits on the essential qualities of Lynch’s music.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

"He has the two essential qualities required for success as the chair of University Challenge," said the Independent's Sean O'Grady in a five-star review.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

The Candoco dancer Ihsaan de Banya said learning “Set and Reset” felt like detective work, decoding the movement to find its essential qualities.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Rarely stopping to inventory the essential qualities in human character, we all know them when we see them: decency, honesty, humility, honor and faithfulness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2022

To attain a competent reply the essential qualities of each and either realm must be uncovered and compared.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.