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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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That Bearman now stands at the brink of a race ban for the same thing (his previous eight-point haul, it must be stressed, deserved) crystallized my argument.
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Yungblud has certainly been getting a lot of deserved attention as of late, particularly from the hard rock and metal crowds as a result of his tributes to Ozzy Osbourne.
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However, the excitement in Green Bay is real and deserved.
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Fleetwood’s victory was well earned and well deserved.
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Yungblud has certainly been getting a lot of deserved attention as of late, particularly from the hard rock and metal crowds as a result of his tributes to Ozzy Osbourne.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
However, the excitement in Green Bay is real and deserved.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Fleetwood’s victory was well earned and well deserved.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Deserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserved. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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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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