the right stuff

noun

: the necessary personal qualities

A person who has the right stuff will do well here.

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Perhaps the right form of filtering could catch hold of the right stuff and avoid the bad stuff. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 And the team that’s mind is on the right stuff and hungry to get a win in conference play is the team that’s probably going to win. —

Justin Williams, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 Washington Sundar is also made of the right stuff despite limited opportunities to show it. —

Tim Ellis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 He’s got all the right stuff, in a tough market, by the way. —

The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 Round 2 of the debate adds some twists to the right stuff. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024 Do the New Kids on the Block actually have the right stuff? —

Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024 Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023

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