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Example sentences for: earned

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WBHH : "See why it's earned a reputation for making black and blue marks disappear."
James M. Houston, who earned a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in 1995, is seeking $1 million in punitive damages for an education he says makes him a "fraud."
All are actual merit badges that can be earned by any member of Troop Willie Loman, should such a troop actually exist.
Consider the natives of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, who earned their place in military annals by subduing and then eating the crew of a French survey ship in 1850.
Rubin's reticence, as well as his praise of underlings and colleagues, has earned him an enormous, though not fully deserved, reputation for humility.