How to Use merit in a Sentence

merit

1 of 2 noun
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  • She saw merit in both of the arguments.
  • The study has no scientific merit.
  • But the justices did not rule on the merits of the issue.
    — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • The standards are the same for both genders to earn merit badges.
    — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 30 July 2019
  • The city and state have said the lawsuits are without merit.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Put their ideas out there and let the people judge their merit.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Those two names alone merit rolling out the red carpet.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2021
  • But to him, the questions of motive and merit seem beside the point.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
  • This doesn’t mean the concept of test-to-treat lacks merit.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2022
  • If this fight were fought on the merits and the facts, Trump would have no hope.
    — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2019
  • But a federal judge found no merit to the claims and threw out the case last year.
    — Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But a restaurant’s merit goes beyond the food and drink.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Huntsville won this selection process fair and square based on the merits.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 31 July 2023
  • If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it.
    — Shelby Deering, Woman's Day, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Learning new facts and techniques may have a great deal of merit.
    — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Some of the protests have merit, but the vast majority do not.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • This is where there’s merit to the winning-cures-all thought process.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The county said her lawsuit over the photos has no merit.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Sternlieb said in an email that the complaint lacked merit.
    — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
  • A merit badge counselor will be on site to sign the necessary forms.
    — Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune, 3 May 2017
  • That goes to the point that some allegations have merit.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Women have been standing on their own merit in the workplace for decades.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2017
  • But to your greater point, yes, there is some merit to seeing where this youth leads.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Not all dogs are house-trained and not all friends merit invitations to stay the night.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • This week, at least, let’s hope they merit at least a question.
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 30 July 2019
  • Google’s position is that users are making a free choice on the merits.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Indeed, there are merits and drawbacks on both sides of the equation.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 26 June 2019
  • Neither can connect with voters on the merits of their ideas.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 17 Feb. 2020
  • All of this being said, will bosses change their tune on the merits of in-person work?
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But there is for sure a lot of merit in taking your time with songs and deep diving into your craft.
    — Alex Blynn, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2019
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merit

2 of 2 verb
  • His good work merits a raise.
  • She did well enough to merit a second interview.
  • The attention she received was not merited.
  • These issues merit special attention.
  • Both ideas merit further consideration.
  • This one had to be good enough to merit being called the best.
    — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Those have to be merited -- through the course of the season, through the course of games.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Davis and Vaughn have done enough to merit roster spots.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • As a group, that is not a body of souls who merit special treatment via the tax code.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • And trust me, the ends get disastrous enough to merit the use of crossbows.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The first two weeks of June seem to merit attention on those grounds.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 June 2018
  • This just did not seem like one that that should merit this kind of a discussion.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But others on the list didn’t seem to merit their spots, either.
    — Griff Witte, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • The tweet that merited an on-air mention talked about food.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Holland should hope to do enough to merit a practice squad spot.
    — Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
  • No cause was too large — or small — to merit the high beam of her attention.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 17 May 2017
  • Previously, the ball had to cross the goal line to merit a touchback.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • So the founders devised standards that would merit six and even seven stars.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • But Beck knows he’s got the tools to merit the comparison.
    — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 15 June 2017
  • Being on stage at a concert does not seem to merit such concern or alarm.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 July 2021
  • Still, the fact that Ramaswamy merited any oppo prep says a lot about the field.
    — Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • And those kinds of comments don’t merit off-the-record protections.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • And right now, none of these clubs would even merit a wild-card flotation device.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • There was at least enough there to merit clearing your next few Sundays to find out.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • But Cannon said the current charges are too severe to merit bond.
    — Erin Schilling, ajc, 17 July 2019
  • That was not enough to merit even small school honorable mention.
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Two things bugged me enough to merit writing down during testing.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
  • Late in the play, someone notes that the death of one of the last family members merits a mere three-minute silence.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Such plays will merit either a no-call or an offensive foul.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The grand jury took less than a day to decide no indictment was merited.
    — Bryan Lowry and Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 8 June 2018

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