merited

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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

Undoubtedly the process complaints are merited, as there hasn’t really been a process.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

The 25-year-old had long felt he merited a chance at the main Red Bull team but he has not been able to justify his position.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

“If it were a sceptre,” Franklin remarked, “he has merited it and would become it.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis