not earned

Example Sentences

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And it will preserve credibility for the most important index on the market, while keeping unwitting buyers from subsidizing a business that has not earned the right to their largesse.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Few can argue he has not earned it.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Frontier has not earned a full-year profit since 2019, and it has lost about $400 million since then and failed in an attempt to merge with Spirit.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

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

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

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat