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To be clear, the objections to this request do not rankle because of some sort of suspicion that disabilities are faked, or an alleged decimation of fairness and arete.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2022

Both poems celebrated arete – a Greek virtue which can be translated in English as “excellence” and “success,” but must be understood as a moral characteristic as much as a physical or mental one.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Yet here, in Mr. Mariota, we seem to have a young man whose stellar athletic accomplishments and exemplary off-field conduct is worthy, and emblematic of, the ancient Greek ideal of excellence known as arete.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2014

“The themes of Walt’s need to express his excellence — arete — has been there from the beginning,” Cyrino said.

From Forbes ● Sep. 28, 2013

From this point the route angled steeply upward along a graceful arete of wind-compacted snow that culminated in the South Summit—where I arrived at 11:00 to find a second, even worse bottleneck.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Far below, fast-flowing meltwater cuts a frozen ravine into the glacier; above, on the horizon, the Grandes Jorasses arête, a narrow ridge of rock that separates two valleys, soars with terrifying verticality.

From National Geographic ● Apr. 16, 2023

In ancient Greek, the word for virtue was arête, which can also be translated as “excellence.”

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

To determine the arête, or excellence, of something, you have to know what its purpose or function is.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

It is easier to determine the arête of a practical object like a knife than the arête of a person.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

And they did haul away—those on the arête flat on their faces, carefully watching the ascent of the rope lest it should be worn through by any friction.

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford