1
as in worthy
deserving of high regard or great approval
worked all night with meritorious determination to get the project done on time
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as in good
having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward
all agreed that the most meritorious science project had won the competition
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Recent Examples of meritorious
District 204 community volunteer Jillian Gibson was recognized with the award of meritorious service.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The award of meritorious service is given to those who have gone above and beyond in service to their school communities.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Principled commitment to board diversity standards may continue to be meritorious.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
In conclusion, time is running out for taxpayers to file meritorious claims, which include more than claims where eligibility is absolutely certain.
—Tom Cullinan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The award of meritorious service is given to those who have gone above and beyond in service to their school communities.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Principled commitment to board diversity standards may continue to be meritorious.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
In conclusion, time is running out for taxpayers to file meritorious claims, which include more than claims where eligibility is absolutely certain.
—Tom Cullinan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meritorious
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Yet such is the enduring interest in the subject that there is always room for another one, and the newest book by the scholar Phillips Payson O’Brien on Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler as strategists is a worthy entry.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s goal to correct longstanding trade imbalances and bring more manufacturing back to America is a worthy one, supported by the vast majority of the country.—
Scott Whitaker,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Apr. 2025
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After a week full of monstrous swings, the S&P 500 posted its best weekly performance since November 23, while the Nasdaq saw its best week since November 2022, according to the financial data firm FactSet.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Shorts are the only categories whose winners are ineligible for best picture, acting, screenplay or any other major Oscar, due to their length.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Scott McKenna bossing the defence, Fabio Silva scoring goals for fun, Oli McBurnie bashing around and suddenly speaking excellent Spanish… this is a cause to believe in.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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In a survey of more than 15,000 users after its rollout in 2024, 90% of respondents ranked their experience as excellent or above average.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is an admirable attempt to counter the truism that there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie — that all war movies, however gruesome or wrenching, effectively (and often unwittingly) wind up glamorizing combat to some degree.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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The football that Barcelona has been playing for a long time, especially after the change of coach, is admirable.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The fact that the Met is staging so many new works is fundamentally praiseworthy.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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In some quarters of our society, there seems to be an eagerness to vilify great—though humanly imperfect—historical figures who have long represented praiseworthy contributions to our nation’s success.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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In another laudable effort, Exodus has since 2020 run the Mountain Lioness Project, in Tanzania, which has so far trained 30 women porters to work as guides on Mount Kilimanjaro.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Of course, courage in the face of adversity is laudable, generically speaking, but wisdom is rarely rigid.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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The penalty applies when an eligible individual goes 63 days without creditable drug coverage.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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What worked and what didn’t for Vancouver At even strength, frankly, the Canucks got creditable performances from most of their skaters.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Greg/Gary is an honorable guy who would never bankrupt Belinda to teach her a lesson about greed and blackmail.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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Some Union soldiers attended the event, and two Union officers delivered orations, each focusing on the topic of reconciliation between the honorable foes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Meritorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meritorious. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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