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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

New foreign investment virtu ally was halted for months following the disorders.

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

After ten years of rising in comes, younger couples have come to look on new homes, new cars, mechanized kitchens, plentiful jobs and good pay as virtu ally everyone's guarantee in the new U.S. economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

After many uncomplimentary remarks, I was compelled to acknowledge that it belonged to me and was bought in the Orient among other articles of "virtu."

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora




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