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Recent Examples of deserve
The Fed’s achievements in stabilizing markets during the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, and in bringing down inflation while avoiding recession in recent years, deserve praise rather than disparagement.
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Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
Our zoo is the only place in the U.S. where people can see a living pangolin, and right now, the U.S. is deciding if this species deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act.
—Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
There was external pressure to shake up the Avs’ DNA after a third-straight early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but Joe Sakic and Chris MacFarland felt this group — transformed dramatically throughout last season with little time to congeal before the playoffs — deserved another chance.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Some threads are meant to last and deserve to be mended if broken.
—Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
Our zoo is the only place in the U.S. where people can see a living pangolin, and right now, the U.S. is deciding if this species deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act.
—Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
There was external pressure to shake up the Avs’ DNA after a third-straight early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but Joe Sakic and Chris MacFarland felt this group — transformed dramatically throughout last season with little time to congeal before the playoffs — deserved another chance.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Some threads are meant to last and deserve to be mended if broken.
—Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserve
earn
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Fifteen high schools from the Charlotte region earned spots among the top 50 in North Carolina in the newest U.S. News & World Report rankings.—
Evan Moore
August 21,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Aug. 2025
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The studio follow-up, 2007’s Blood Mountain, earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserve. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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