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on its merits

Idioms

Also,. With regard only to the intrinsic quality of something or someone. For example, Who supports it doesn't matter; we have to consider the idea solely on its merits, or The agency doesn't care about her references but wants to hire candidates according to their merits. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

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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

If there were further plans for action in Yemen, he would expect to be given a similar briefing and that Labour would consider this "on its merits".

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2024

Access to body-camera footage roughly doubled the likelihood that agency investigators would be able to decide a case on its merits rather than dismiss it as inconclusive.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

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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