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She graduated from her corporal school at the top of her class and was meritoriously promoted ahead of peers to sergeant in Kuwait, not long before landing in Afghanistan.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

The Catholics would provide, as they have hitherto done so meritoriously and with a remarkable liberality, for themselves.

From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by Bright, John

He hath died that he may procure this benefit and advantage to us; and thus he hath washed us meritoriously in his own blood which he shed upon the cross.

From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Brown, John (of Wamphray)

One may meritoriously show a quantitative interest in the well-being of the vulgar, through subscriptions or through work on managing committees and the like.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

Mr. Greely filled many offices of honor and trust meritoriously.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman