merit
noun
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
have merited
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present perfectof merit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“They never would have merited a full-scale federal investigation,” he said.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
And, by contrast, stats also show their displays during this campaign have merited more than they have received.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
You’d think making a movie that grossed more than $1.4 billion in box office, earned ecstatic reviews and launched a thousand think pieces would have merited a nomination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In the past, each would have merited an 80-minute report.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
It crowns a moderate elevation, once occupied by a strong citadel, so well fortified by nature and art as to have merited emphatically the appellation of "the strong."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
