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What does by virtue of mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word by virtue of? Here's what it means.

Preposition
  1. (idiomatic) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of
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Informants lost to historical representation by virtue of the aporia or oversights of historical conventions were not my primary concern.
Tattersall's has been able to withstand severe pressure on costs by virtue of a blessed business environment.
One says that our rights come by virtue of our humanity because we are created in God's image and likeness.
Well, we are a world power, by virtue of history, and by virtue of our military power.
Because when we're emotionally bankrupt by virtue of having burned ourselves out, then we have nothing to give.
On the contrary, it is only by virtue of the irrational and anarchic nature of the profit system that such a development could take place.

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