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Mr. Spencer’s four marriages and three divorces barely merit a mention, yet his emotions are center stage as he interweaves his memories around Diana’s death with other scattered recollections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

BBC Sport has been told that there is no automatic mechanism to remove City from a European competition they qualify for on sporting merit.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

To close a deficit of more than $200 million that it announced last year, USC froze hiring, laid off roughly 1,000 workers, eliminated merit raises, sold unused buildings and cut discretionary spending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

A Marsh survey of more than 1,000 U.S. employers found the average planned merit increase for 2027 is 3.2%, the lion’s share of a total raise budget of 3.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Your attitude does not merit our trust,” they said.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

“The board has not yet formed a view on the merits of the further revised indicative proposal, including the acceptability of the conditions,” Ingenia said in a market filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

What’s notable is, not only did the court say that the equitable factors here didn’t support a stay, they also said the government was likely to lose on the merits.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Now companies would nominally have to compete on the merits for government contracts.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He said: "The merits or otherwise of a regional approach can be debated but it is essential that local views and decision-making are maintained, along with substantial transfer of powers."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

I don’t see why this merits comment, but I say, “Yes, he’s been promoted to Head Gamemaker this year.”

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

In the early days, spreads are often wider than merited, and volatility levels are unusually elevated.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Those governors thought a weakening labor market merited a cut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Dujon Sterling's deflected volley had Rangers in front and their overall performance merited such a lead.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

This was the art world I'd been dreaming of, where God-given talent was considered an unfair advantage and a coldblooded stare merited more praise than the ability to render human flesh.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The book’s characters relate their stories in discrete sections that peel back time, revealing shocking secrets and meriting re-evaluation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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

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

The crux of the case before the Stuttgart court is whether Mercedes-Benz knowingly deceived customers by controlling the purification of exhaust gas, thus meriting claims for damages.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2022

Unc., orn., the uncials leaning to the right, a fine copy, with small uncial notes, well meriting collation.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener