deserving

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Another former winner, ‘The Testaments’ ’ Ann Dowd, is also deserving, as is ‘Pluribus’ sidekick Karolina Wydra.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Wednesday is the last day politicians have to persuade the public that they are deserving of support.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In Kentucky, lawmakers recently passed a bill classifying TV-viewing patterns as “sensitive data” deserving of broader legal protections and transparency measures.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Financial-disclosure frameworks at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and parallel regimes across the European Union and U.K., treated these damage projections as credible scientific findings deserving regulatory weight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I look at it and feel resentment, because this stupid-looking hat is mine, and deserving of ridicule.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood