Example Sentences

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Perhaps, though, you think SpaceX is deserving of a stratospheric valuation.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

It’s up to your parents to decide who the “right” people are and who is deserving of their assets after they pass away.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

I spend a lot of time worrying about how to better come across as professional and someone who is deserving of respect.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

There are timeless questions – who is deserving and who is not?

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

And yet this system, for what it accomplished, is deserving of great credit.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.