by virtue of

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by virtue of

(idiomatic) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of
Synonyms: due to, based on
- 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 - 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎:
  England's domination of the first half was almost total, but they somehow contrived to allow Tunisia to raise themselves off the floor by virtue of rank carelessness from Southgate's side.

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because of

Arabic: بِفَضْل‎ (bifaḍl), بِمُقْتْضَى‎ (bimuqtḍā), عَلَى أَسَاس‎ (ʿalā ʾasās), اِسْتِنَادًا إِلَى‎ (istinādan ʾilā), بِسَبَبّ‎ (bisababb)
Egyptian Arabic: بسبب‎ (besababb)
Danish: i kraft af
French: en vertu de (fr), eu égard à (fr), étant donné (fr), vu (fr)
German: aufgrund (de), wegen (de), vermöge (de)

Italian: in virtù di (it)
Persian: به سبب‎ (be sabab-e)
Portuguese: em virtude de
Russian: в силу (ru) (v silu), на основании (na osnovanii), всле́дствие (ru) (vslédstvije)

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