merited
Example Sentences
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As a long-term shareholder in both companies, Norges Bank Investment Management said it understood the rationale for a combination and the proposal merited consideration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
“They never would have merited a full-scale federal investigation,” he said.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
This means the Fed could delay any interest-rate cuts until later in the year, if it determines that rate cuts are merited at all.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Since I was alone now with her, and desperate, I cast my loyalties aside and told her the name of the guilty boy, feeling that he merited no consideration.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
