deserve
Example Sentences
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In an Instagram spot for furniture retailer Lovesac, the newly single star told fans, “You deserve better than just ‘good enough.’”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Bring the top of that range to your boss and explain why you deserve that increase.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
It’s quite a big thing to be able to accept that love because we’re all weird, wacky humans wondering, do I deserve this?
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
"It's affected my parents, obviously, really bad. The loss of a son and a brother, they didn't deserve this."
From BBC • May 18, 2026
“It doesn’t mean you deserve only bad things.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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