deserve

as in to earn
to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment) the team really deserved that victory after the way they played

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Recent Examples of deserve The residents of the city and Greater Hartford deserve better. Nikos Mohammadi, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025 Midas Man, the Brian Epstein film, bombed earlier this year; Brian deserves a do-over. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025 Those are the people who deserve a winner every year. Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 Well deserving journalists are allowed special access to President Donald Trump, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich has told a judge. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deserve

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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserve. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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