- present tense form of deserve (3rd person singular).
deserves
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Protest organiser Nacpil questioned in an interview how one could draw a line between who deserves a subsidy and who does not.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
No position on the U.S. team is as wide open as goalkeeper, and Kochen has shown he deserves to be in the conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"It would give this individual, who deserves no further notoriety, the martyrdom he seeks," she wrote on X, external, adding that "how we carry out justice matters just as much as the justice itself."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Nevertheless, the original researchers believe the pathway deserves further investigation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Then I tell him, “Yep. Go for it. She deserves a little happy in her life.”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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