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- noun Plural form of
forte .
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Examples
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We battled back against a team where one of their fortes is playing with the lead.
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In defense of “keen grasp of economics,” one of Matt’s fortes is an ability to be extremely annoyed by fallacies and oversights in cost-benefit calculation.
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There is a menu of Tea fortes, which is a specific type of tea bag that comes in a cute pot and a cup.
Anime Nano! 2009
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Palin drove off the idependents that McCain once attracted in droves, and did nothing to show she had any brains on matters that McCain himself admitted were not his "fortes".
"It hurts the party and it makes him look bad by dissing her a 3rd time." Ann Althouse 2009
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As regiões Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, que estão sofrendo com as fortes chuvas nas últimas semanas contam com 20 mortos e mais de 700 mil desabrigadas.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: When climate change meets cyber-activism 2009
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"The 500-meter is a totally different race," said Ohno, who surprised himself as much as anyone else when he won the 500 at the 2006 Olympics because it requires an explosive start and power, which aren't his fortes.
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She could anticipate the allegros, the lentos, and the fortes, with ease, but when it came time to anticipate the man she loved, she felt tone deaf, and for that there was no cure.
Until the Heart Stops Beating Khaliah Williams 2011
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Adoro Michael Sheen é um ator de expressões e papéis fortes o que deu a saga uma nova cara apesar de sua participação ter sido em uma pequena parte do filme na minha opinião foram uma das melhores partes.
Michael Sheen: Interview with 'New Moon' star on fitting in with the cast | EW.com 2009
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She could anticipate the allegros, the lentos, and the fortes, with ease, but when it came time to anticipate the man she loved, she felt tone deaf, and for that there was no cure.
Until the Heart Stops Beating Khaliah Williams 2011
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Strange to listen to the tempi, the fortes knowing that it was the master himself who gave his impression of his music.
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