virtu

Example Sentences

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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

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

Scientists have discovered that each species and strain has a distinctive "fingerprint" that can be used for virtu ally immediate identification.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

His taste in matters of virtu was one of the sources of his profusion; but it always had a reference to himself.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various