arete
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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
In some ways, Romanitas was the Romans’ spin on the old Greek combination of arete and civic virtue.
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
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
For example, the purpose of a knife is to cut things, so its arête is sharpness.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
The shrill whistle of the blast tore past their ears, singing through the weather-beaten herbage which straggled upon the side of the arête.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
