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U.S. authorities have not provided sufficient proof of wrongdoing to merit the governor’s arrest and extradition, Sheinbaum has said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

This is assuredly a consequence of bad luck rather than a measurement of merit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

If the performance evaluation is conducted honestly and based on merit, she said, the commission has nothing to fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

JPMorgan has said it conducted an internal investigation and doesn’t believe there is any merit to Rana’s claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“The law-abiding citizens of the West Side have shut their windows against you. If your cause has any merit, why do no people of worth stand with you?”

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

But others question the effectiveness of the California’s good-government reforms and merits of the self-glorification that followed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Judges need reliable scientific information about climate change so that they can evaluate those cases on their merits," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Ms. Williamson filed a complaint with the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations, alleging the union had violated its duty of fair representation, but the board dismissed it without considering the merits of her claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In response, a Lilly spokesperson said: “Rather than compete on the merits of its products, Novo is asking a court to stop Lilly from communicating the results of that trial.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

When it comes, it gives no quarter and doesn’t care about your merits.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

As a long-term shareholder in both companies, Norges Bank Investment Management said it understood the rationale for a combination and the proposal merited consideration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Another reason: Dealers increase implied volatility more than is merited to provide themselves with a margin of safety for having to make a market amid murky conditions.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

This was the art world I'd been dreaming of, where God-given talent was considered an unfair advantage and a coldblooded stare merited more praise than the ability to render human flesh.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The book’s characters relate their stories in discrete sections that peel back time, revealing shocking secrets and meriting re-evaluation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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 crux of the case before the Stuttgart court is whether Mercedes-Benz knowingly deceived customers by controlling the purification of exhaust gas, thus meriting claims for damages.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2022

The coronavirus can mutate rapidly, potentially upending the public health landscape and meriting a different response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Rising out of these considerations are two others equally meriting attention.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton