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Recent Examples of deserve
California’s over 51,000 HOAs deserve some assurance of minimum manager competency, and there should be a system in place to discipline or ban bad managers.
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Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Our country's immigrant population deserves the opportunity to thrive, and our communities, whether populated by immigrants or citizens alike, deserve better.
—Annell López, Time, 12 May 2025
Both Daniel and Russ offer agonizing testimony—awful life-or-death stuff—and both deserve anonymity.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
The best-selling novelist of all time deserves better than that, argues columnist Mary McNamara.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
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Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Our country's immigrant population deserves the opportunity to thrive, and our communities, whether populated by immigrants or citizens alike, deserve better.
—Annell López, Time, 12 May 2025
Both Daniel and Russ offer agonizing testimony—awful life-or-death stuff—and both deserve anonymity.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
The best-selling novelist of all time deserves better than that, argues columnist Mary McNamara.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserve
earn
Verb
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Under these parameters, a family of four can’t earn more than $57,720 pre-tax to be considered for assistance.—
Grace Chung,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2025
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Power without earned trust and authority without results follow the same trend.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserve. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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