not earned

Example Sentences

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Few can argue he has not earned it.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Pitt has accused Jolie and her company, Nouvel, of secretly selling her share of their winery and family home to “seize profits she had not earned and returns on an investment she did not make.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Durbin, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, asked both airlines in a letter how they are "ensuring that this profit is not earned at the expense of a fair, pleasant, and affordable travel experience for consumers?"

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

We've not earned the right to be given the past.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

But he had not earned enough money to move us out of Hamameh’s kitchen.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat