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Examples
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Padding is not a virute in this sort of bloody superhero space opera, in general.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Polity - 3 Brass Man Blue Tyson 2008
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Singapore scored over the rest of destinations, by virute of quality of its infrastructure and health facilities.
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She used to be a beacon of morality, virute, and old-fashioned values.
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They are suddenly trying to recapture lost virute.
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They are suddenly trying to recapture lost virute.
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The same formula conveys the meaning that the pope's infallibility is not personal, but derived from, and coextensive with, his office of visible Head of the Universal Church, in virute of which he sits in the Chair of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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If Democrats are 36 percent of voters (which is their representation among those registered to vote), then Brown captures 8 percent of the total vote just by virute of Dems.
Baltimore Reporter 2010
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I give Morgan the first-place nod here only by virute of a time-line quality-of-competition adjustment.
The Hardball Times 2009
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They are designed to give the child "race pride" and to target race enemies that are protrayed as less than equal - inferior and a danger to them by virute of their race.
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Regarding the definitions, "New Money" is the new money added to a player's compensation by virute of an extension or renegotiation.
unknown title J.I. Halsell 2009
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