meritorious

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The firm has previously said it works “hard to present only meritorious claims and have systems in place to help weed out false or exaggerated allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Presidential Medals of Freedom are awarded to people who have made "exceptionally meritorious contributions to the nation's prosperity, values, or security, world peace, or other significant public or private endeavours".

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

"It's beautiful to know the same peptide can achieve so many meritorious health effects, that in combination have the potential to help both human and animal patients," said Unniappan.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

“The arguments are no more meritorious than the ones the court of appeals in DC already rejected,” tweeted former U.S.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024

Now that right there is a meritorious feat — most of my friends stopped doing volunteer household chores in about fourth grade.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick