virtues

plural of virtue
as in distinctions
a quality that gives something special worth the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet

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Recent Examples of virtues Eggers wrote them in the Washington Post in a wildly interesting piece extolling the virtues of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and NASA more broadly. John Tamny, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 And yet a national élite drawn from many places but concentrated in a few places did have its virtues. David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

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“Virtues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtues. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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