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Example sentences for: merited

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But even if he'd hated the book, says Itzkoff, it wasn't his job to pass judgment on its contents--merely on whether it merited publication.
The government of Chiang Kai-shek was so busy tracking down the Communists that the Japanese foe merited only casual attention.
Although only six pediatric samples were available, limiting claims of statistical significance, we believe the issue of pediatric CD4 count monitoring to be of such importance that the data merited inclusion.
Many attempted to establish an atmosphere of mutual respect among the members so that each member's issues and expertise merited consideration regardless of the company they represented or the individual representative's position in that company.
In recent years, both the American Film Institute and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association have turned Kazan down for honors that no one disputes are merited by his films, which include East of Eden and A Streetcar Named Desire . But this time the vote in Kazan's favor was unanimous.