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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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"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

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

But the virtual event, called Comic-Con@Home, only showed how the convention failed to translate its most essential qualities technologically and conceptually.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

It makes them hard to fathom, and endows them with the essential qualities of a diplomat.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various