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Sentence count:162+12Posted:2017-01-28Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: excellencefinenessgoodnessqualityvalueworthAntonym: defectdemeritfaultSimilar words: meritocracyAmericaninheritmesmerisemesmerizeheritageasperityPan-AmericanMeaning: ['merɪt]  n. 1. any admirable quality or attribute 2. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance). v. be worthy or deserving. 
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31. Prizes are awarded entirely on merit.
32. The show was unashamedly commercial, with little artistic merit.
33. Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit.
34. Honours do not always go to those who merit them.
35. Films are given a rating of one to five stars according to merit.
36. The book has no artistic merit its sole aim is to titillate.
37. I can see no merit in excluding the child from school.
38. For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
39. There is great merit in dealing fairly with your employees.
40. The results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation.
41. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
42. She was awarded a certificate of merit for her piano - playing.
43. "It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically.
44. Brierley's book has the merit of being both informative and readable.
45. The merit of the report is its realistic assessment of the changes required.
46. There's little merit in passing the driving test if you don't have a car of your own.
47. In future, promotion will be based on merit not seniority.
48. The great merit of the project is its flexibility and low cost.
49. He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation.
50. The Order of Merit is the highest civilian honour that can be conferred on someone.
51. The merit system replaced automatic yearly pay raises.
52. I think he should merit consideration.
53. Everybody is selected on merit.
53. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
54. The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas 
55. There is obvious merit in good insulation, using only the most efficient kitchen appliances, heating systems and such.
56. As art criticism, it has the merit of making a judgement, though description and interpretation may be meagre.
57. These are the inevitable results of leaving the merit of a book to be determined exclusively by market value.
58. Opinion differs on the merit of pasteurization; some believe a better cheese is made from unpasteurized milk.
59. One bit of unfinished business was to obtain for Joe the Legion of Merit award.
60. The others would be pinned there by a courtesy he did not merit.
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