merit

I got my education with the help of a part-time pizza-delivery job, merit scholarships and loans—loans I was thrilled to take and proud to pay back in full.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

After all, this is a tournament for the best teams based on defined merit.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Its logic reaches the labor board, the merit board, and the trade commission and ratifies the removals the court had already waved through at the consumer-product, surface-transportation, and employment agencies.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

The global popularity of “A Song of Ice and Fire” makes it easy to forget that not long ago, studios viewed stories like it as too niche to merit large investment.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

“To yield readily—easily—to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

You can tell you love the song on the merits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Mr Justice Nicklin refused to make a finding as to whether what became known as unlawful information gathering had become "widespread and habitual" at Associated Newspapers and instead decided the merits of each individual claim.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

When you can’t win on the merits, try a technicality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Increasingly, the justices are making big decisions after they’ve issued their final merits docket decision, when public attention has waned.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Weighing the merits of the game, just as we always have.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The referee used the video assistant referee to review the play and determined it merited a red card.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the early days, spreads are often wider than merited, and volatility levels are unusually elevated.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Sentencing, Sheriff Watson accepted Crampsie had a "lesser degree of culpability" but said her decision was "reckless" and it merited a jail sentence.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“They never would have merited a full-scale federal investigation,” he said.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

Neither Orellana’s journey nor Carvajal’s account of it received the attention they merited; indeed, Carvajal’s work was not formally published until 1894.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Mental-health professionals are recognizing chatbot delusions and psychosis as a phenomenon meriting further study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

In the brand-conscious ‘80s, the right item of designer clothing could make or break a kid’s popularity, meriting a Gartrell name drop in “A Shirt Story,” a Hall of Fame-level episode of “The Cosby Show.”

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025

The Chicago Fed president acknowledged a reversal in rental and other housing inflation after months of easing was a "negative surprise" meriting a "proper element of caution", according to the report.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023

One of the most entertaining teams in the Premier League and fully meriting a place in the Europa League for the first time in Brighton's history.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

Alas! she could not know that loyal, and strong, and tender his devotion held; she would but see an insolent and base return, meriting final condemnation.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence