virtue
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And by virtue of longevity, Netflix has the top market share of viewers, meaning it can also offer talent a sizable paycheck.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
So Bennett, by virtue of experience in the system and his performance Saturday, appears to have the edge to back up Stafford on a team that is favored to win Super Bowl LXI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: This idea of republican virtue, lowercase r, civic virtue, the Framers were obsessed with it.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
In other words, rather than affluent retirees deciding to decline their benefits out of civic virtue, the system should be redesigned.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The scientist must be moderate: this is a new type of intellectual virtue.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
We were inculcated with the importance of charity, love toward all, good works and humility, and urged to carry those virtues into adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Trump responded relatively civilly, calling Ossoff a “Pee-wee Herman look-alike” before going on a tear about the ballroom’s virtues.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one’s knitting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Cadres seem to think this approach boasts the twin virtues of being relatively easy to execute and potentially shutting up the noisy foreign economists who keep arguing for a Keynesian spending boost for the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
If a shoemaker’s shoes were not bringing in enough money, he could make better ones — or cheaper ones — or bellow out the virtues of his shoes in a louder voice.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
Vocabulary lists containing virtue
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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