merits

Example Sentences

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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

Last term, when there were both more cases and more referrals to the full court, the appeals to the shadow docket finally overtook those to the merits docket.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

That is spurring debate about the merits of the century-old Jones Act, which is likely to intensify ahead of Aug. 15, when Trump’s 150-day suspension is set to lapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

In this dispute the question of the relative merits of ancient and modern science was at first entirely secondary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton