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Recent Examples of deserves
The bugbears of this season — wasting promising chances (though Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce deserves credit for many of those) and some vulnerability to counter-attacks — remained.
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Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
When Blair returns to her coastal hometown years later and comes face-to-face with Declan again, old wounds and buried secrets resurface, forcing them to decide whether love deserves a second chance.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
The deranged demeanor accompanying her rude responses under oath deserves an Oscar nomination in the cringe and horror categories.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
That moment in time deserves recognition.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Everyone deserves the kind of experience Pitcaithley described.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
Lifestyle and travel publication Only In Your State is weighing in on which shop deserves the title of Iowa's best sandwich spot.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Public discourse deserves better.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
But behind the lifestyle lineup lies a cutting-edge performance-running division that deserves to be taken seriously.
—Cory Smith, Outside, 15 Feb. 2026
Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
When Blair returns to her coastal hometown years later and comes face-to-face with Declan again, old wounds and buried secrets resurface, forcing them to decide whether love deserves a second chance.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
The deranged demeanor accompanying her rude responses under oath deserves an Oscar nomination in the cringe and horror categories.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
That moment in time deserves recognition.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Everyone deserves the kind of experience Pitcaithley described.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
Lifestyle and travel publication Only In Your State is weighing in on which shop deserves the title of Iowa's best sandwich spot.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Public discourse deserves better.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
But behind the lifestyle lineup lies a cutting-edge performance-running division that deserves to be taken seriously.
—Cory Smith, Outside, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserves
earns
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The designation, which Anthropic will fight in court, could become a serious problem for the startup, which earns its revenue through enterprise software sales to companies that might currently or one day want to work with the military in some capacity.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Deserves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserves. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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