redeeming feature
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The news quickly trended on social media, with tributes saluting the "most famous tree in Australian education" as "majestic" and the university's "only redeeming feature".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2016
We end with the debate’s redeeming feature, which surprisingly had to do with God.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2016
Our critic says its main redeeming feature is Denzel Washington, “a great star, which means that he has that ineluctable what’s-it for selling the goods no matter what their sell-by date.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
USA Today's Claudia Puig says, "The only redeeming feature about 'The Gunman' is its exotic locations," which include the Congo, London, Barcelona and Gibraltar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2015
The only redeeming feature is the table, which appears to be permanently set for meals.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay