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The Blue Jays, the AL East division winners, scored home-field advantage for the World Series by virtue of winning one more game than the Dodgers during the regular season.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Chicago won in its return to the postseason for the first time since 2017 – and advanced for the first time since reaching the Eastern Conference final in 2009 – by virtue of a decisive 3-1 win over Orlando City.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Willie Anderson, Torry Holt, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri automatically are in that 15-man cut by virtue of being finalists last year, leaving 11 spots for newcomers.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Chicago won in its return to the postseason for the first time since 2017 – and advanced for the first time since reaching the Eastern Conference final in 2009 – by virtue of a decisive 3-1 win over Orlando City.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Willie Anderson, Torry Holt, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri automatically are in that 15-man cut by virtue of being finalists last year, leaving 11 spots for newcomers.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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
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“By virtue of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20virtue%20of. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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