on its merits
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His valor is worth remembering on its merits, and the history is instructive about the threats now facing the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
A group of 63 parliamentarians petitioned the court, which said in a statement that the law was suspended pending a ruling on its merits.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
The case has drawn attention because it is the first challenge to a postmark law to be accepted by a court on its merits.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2024
“The Governor will evaluate this bill on its merits should it reach his desk,” spokesperson Izzy Gardon wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024
Science is generated by and devoted to free inquiry: the idea that any hypothesis, no matter how strange, deserves to be considered on its merits.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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