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meriting

verb

present participle of merit

as in deserving

to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment) that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer

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Recent Examples of meriting But the report found no evidence of administrative misconduct and saw nothing meriting a criminal referral to prosecutors. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

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Finding a deserving recipient proved to be a challenge, but Wallrath was eventually connected to a military family from Louisiana.

— Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2026
The only choice, really, for Throtl to remake a Prelude into a machine deserving of the Type R badge was to bring over the FL5’s heart and soul.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 3 Nov. 2026

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But if earning the breathless endorsement of the definitive pop star of our generation, Taylor Swift, is a precursor to making it into that pantheon, the twenty-one-year-old singer-songwriter sombr is well on his way.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2026
As a result, someone earning significantly above the cap does not continue paying Social Security payroll taxes on wages beyond the annual threshold.

— Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026

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