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Your next outdoor bash or beachside hang deserves some attention to the cookware and coolers you’re bound up grilling with and using to stuff to the brim with ice and beverages.
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2025
Every defendant deserves a rigorous defense — this is a bedrock democratic principle.
—Liz Roberts, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
These individuals deserve promotions and to be honored for their public service, not put on leave and removed from careers devoted to the American people and advancing the cause of freedom.
—Olivia Enos, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But Cash said Orioles hitters deserved some credit, too.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2025
Every defendant deserves a rigorous defense — this is a bedrock democratic principle.
—Liz Roberts, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
These individuals deserve promotions and to be honored for their public service, not put on leave and removed from careers devoted to the American people and advancing the cause of freedom.
—Olivia Enos, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But Cash said Orioles hitters deserved some credit, too.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserve
earn
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Brosnahan earned widespread recognition and her first Emmy nomination for guest starring as Rachel Posner on House of Cards.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The sandy shores are combed for seaweed and trash nightly, which earned the town a Blue Wave certification.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserve. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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