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merited

  • past participle
    of merit.
    merit
    noun
    claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
  • past tense form
    of merit.
    merit
    noun
    claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
  • a word derived from merit.
    merit
    noun
    claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.

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However, Kuwaki more than merited her celebrations in the fading daylight, not that you could have missed her with her mint-green top and luminous green ball.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

As a long-term shareholder in both companies, Norges Bank Investment Management said it understood the rationale for a combination and the proposal merited consideration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Taken literally, this assertion seems implausible, and historians’ skepticism seems merited.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann