by virtue of

variants or in virtue of

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Recent Examples of by virtue of The expansion club owned the tiebreaker by virtue of having more regular-season wins (19) than Vancouver (18). Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 The Rangers — who beat Stillwater 27-7 on Wednesday — will be the top seed by virtue of their head-to-head win over Woodbury. Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Tucked in a small canyon, down a Forest Service road, are the 10 acres of apple and peach trees from Angle Orchard, a family farm that has been operating for over 100 years by virtue of tenacity and tradition. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025 The Yankees went 94-68 too, but Toronto held the tiebreaker by virtue of its 8-5 head-to-head record against New York. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The Americans already have qualified for the 2026 World Cup by virtue of winning the 2025 AmeriCup. Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 If today’s rules had been in place, the Yanks would have won the AL East by virtue of their 9-7 advantage in the season series. Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025 The Astros were eliminated from postseason contention by virtue of the Cleveland Guardians’ victory earlier in the night. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025

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“By virtue of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20virtue%20of. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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