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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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But the bigger purpose of this residency is to celebrate not just an album but a career that survived romantic breakups, solo stardom for Stefani, tentative reunions and now a deserved victory lap.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Only our legal citizens should vote, and deserved welfare should go first to Americans in need and our veterans.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
No doubt that the trophy handed over by EFL chairman Rick Parry was well deserved.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Anything less will keep the door wide open for the Pohlad family to be a lightning rod for criticism that is very much deserved.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Only our legal citizens should vote, and deserved welfare should go first to Americans in need and our veterans.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
No doubt that the trophy handed over by EFL chairman Rick Parry was well deserved.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Anything less will keep the door wide open for the Pohlad family to be a lightning rod for criticism that is very much deserved.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Deserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserved. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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deserved
adjective
de·served
-ˈzərvd 
: of, relating to, or being that which one deserves
a deserved punishment
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