merits
Example Sentences
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"If the competition will be fair, with no biases, I will make it. I have the CV; I have the merits."
From Barron's
Yet aside from his military prowess, manners and charity were two other merits that defined his noble lineage.
From Literature
The settlement movement’s contribution to successful assimilation and upward mobility merits the attention this book pays.
“This deal was never going to be decided on the merits of the offer or rigid antitrust considerations,” said Gabriel Kahn, a professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
From Los Angeles Times
In a statement Saturday, Centerview said it believed the lawsuit’s legal claims had no merits and that it had been confident it would prevail at trial.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
