virtue
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Instead, the Kochs write, the company established five categories—vision, virtue and talents, knowledge, comparative advantage, and motivation—to help “employees better understand how the principles fit together and how to apply them in their work.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
To successfully complete their journey, each student must embody a virtue that belongs to a different House.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
That edged him ahead of Erling Haaland by virtue of assists, with Three Lions captain Harry Kane one goal drift alongside France's Ousmane Dembele.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“There are so many inquisitive people and institutions abounding,” said Arobin, “that one is really forced as a matter of convenience these days to assume the virtue of an occupation if he has it not.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one’s knitting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Ms. Borgman’s focus on the dead and their virtues may not be strategic, exactly, but it will keep her from making enemies among the living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Congolese proverb little by little, grow the bananas emphasises the virtues of patience and steady progress.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
And it’s that type of refreshing, radical earnestness that inspires a deeper conversation about the film’s many virtues.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
We find these virtues everywhere in discussions of Evidence-Indices, while they are largely irrelevant in discussions of Evidence-Perspicuity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing virtue
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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