Merited in a sentence

Because it was so small, it barely merited comment.

Brighton’s coaches and players remain irked by the perceived injustices, while De Zerbi is still annoyed by Stellini’s post-match assertion that Tottenham merited a win which could have a major impact on the battle for a European spot.

But the single cut that appears most merited, from a place where many billions of previous dollars have been sunk, is the $2 billion reduction for mass transit, down to a “mere” $5.7 billion for building new lines.

Hartley Wintney picked up their first reward of the new year with a well-merited point against promotion contenders Met.

Judge O’Hare also said the case merited custody had the defendant not made full restitution to the complainant.

Murphy’s lawyers on Tuesday told the Supreme Court a stay was merited on this issue to allow them to further investigate what impact the fire had on the execution drugs.

The Court did not doubt that this case generated national interest, but the applicants failed to explain why it merited urgent handling.

There was confusion and frustration that Cherries had seemingly ‘wasted’ a squad place on Stanislas when the January window closed, fans questioning why the winger who had played just 57 minutes in the Premier League merited registration.

Traditionally in Colorado Springs, all zoning decisions merited final review by the City Council.

With a Sephora store-in-store concept now populating more than half its locations and a 10.5% dividend yield, the recent insider buying by the new CEO merited a deeper dive.

An equaliser may have been the product of a ludicrous penalty decision that was branded a disgrace by Gary Neville, but a goal on the balance of play was merited.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in writing the majority opinion of the Court, reasoned that “our country has changed” since 1965, and therefore the jurisdictions covered by preclearance no longer merited the extra scrutiny.

Chutkan was unswayed by Vo's in-court change of heart, deciding his actions merited nine months behind bars.

Eastern Colorado legislators are asking Gov. Jared Polis to consider the impact of extreme weather conditions in areas they represent with a disaster declaration when it is merited.

Expressing his congratulations to Professor Tijjani Muhammad Bande on his appointment, Governor Idris remarked, “Professor Bande has inherited and merited the stool of Besse.

However, Rovers soon got the second goal their dominance had merited.

It adds: "The secretary role was not a full-time one and would not have merited that.

Katie Lange’s account of the heroic actions that merited the award of the Medal of Honor to Crandall and three other master divers: Chief Petty Officer William Badders, Lt. Cmdr. John Mihalowski and Lt. James Harper McDonald.

Passing sentence on Ajaz, Judge Heidi Kubik KC said the harassment, relating to a series of incidents in February and March 2022, involved “vile, threatening and abusive” behaviour which on its own merited a custodial sentence.

And that finger just merited a Presidential Medal of Freedom.