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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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Jake Sullivan, who was former President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, also said Trump deserved credit for the peace deal.
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Given how nonplussed so many people were by his Thomas Pynchon adaptation, you’d be forgiven for thinking Anderson snatched a deserved nomination from Gillian Flynn for her Gone Girl adaptation.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Sacramento State Football, postgame concert with Lil Yachty Hornets football is coming off a bye-week getting some deserved rest and extra reps before their next game.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jake Sullivan, who was former President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, also said Trump deserved credit for the peace deal.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Given how nonplussed so many people were by his Thomas Pynchon adaptation, you’d be forgiven for thinking Anderson snatched a deserved nomination from Gillian Flynn for her Gone Girl adaptation.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Deserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserved. Accessed 24 Oct. 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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