merit
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From a business standpoint, analysts see merit to a potential combination, which Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday is currently under discussion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Does that mean the administration’s suit has merit?
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
"We could win with luck, but we won with calmness and with all merit," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“But I do think there is a lot of merit in combining the companies,” Musk added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
I said I was seeking for the truth, and I was trying to weigh—objectively— everything on its own merit.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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She works on programming art and installations at LAX that showcase the city’s vibrant arts scene, including its literary merits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
"The only way to preserve the district court's ability to grant relief to the United States after a full merits proceeding, therefore, is to segregate the challenged ballots now," Sauer said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The true test of the deal, according to Srivastava, isn’t its merits at a time of tight AI component supply, but rather whether it will be able to deliver value in a “cooling AI cycle.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
As the debate over their merits intensifies, the data centre rollout continues.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Unlikely to win the battle on its merits, Edison devoted considerable resources to trying to discredit AC in the realm of public relations: AC, he and his supporters asserted, was much more lethal than DC.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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However, Kuwaki more than merited her celebrations in the fading daylight, not that you could have missed her with her mint-green top and luminous green ball.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The referee used the video assistant referee to review the play and determined it merited a red card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
This latter group included people with the good sense and courage to express disagreement with the president and urge caution when it was merited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Another reason: Dealers increase implied volatility more than is merited to provide themselves with a margin of safety for having to make a market amid murky conditions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Then, with a merited sense of victory, Johnson picked up Mr. Clutter’s check and deposited it in his billfold.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Mental-health professionals are recognizing chatbot delusions and psychosis as a phenomenon meriting further study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
In the brand-conscious ‘80s, the right item of designer clothing could make or break a kid’s popularity, meriting a Gartrell name drop in “A Shirt Story,” a Hall of Fame-level episode of “The Cosby Show.”
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025
"The Court should not mistake the FTC’s litigation gamesmanship for an emergency meriting this Court’s deviation from the ordinary appellate process," the company wrote.
From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023
One of the most entertaining teams in the Premier League and fully meriting a place in the Europa League for the first time in Brighton's history.
From BBC ● May 29, 2023
Rising out of these considerations are two others equally meriting attention.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
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