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virtu

[ver-too, vur-too] / vərˈtu, ˈvɜr tu /
NOUN
bric-a-brac
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For example, Machiavelli appears and discusses his philosophical concept of "virtu" – the qualities needed to be a leader – with the hero Ezio.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2011

By borrowing a U.S. en gineering technique of offering clients "total package deals," Bufete has virtu ally cornered the Mexican engineering market while taking a lot of business away from U.S. competitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

But large further sums were spent on such bric-a- brackery, such articles of virtu, as 37 bronze-labeled stones from foreign countries in the "Hall of Nations."

From Time Magazine Archive

Courting private cap ital, the new regime has returned virtu ally all foreign properties seized by Sukarno, promised tax holidays and easy repatriation of profits to all newcomers.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Pascal, already amazed by the conversation of the servants, did not think of examining these objects of virtu.

From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Émile Gaboriau


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