How to Use on merit in a Sentence

on merit

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  • Brown told me just last year he should be judged on merit.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Bergeron, who last year won the Selke for a record fifth time, deserves it again on merit alone.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Stecher could be in line for a sharp spike in playing time, on merit, if Broberg heads to St. Louis.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Move the budget to increase teacher wages based on merit.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Paul Rudd is director Kasey HomeGoods, who got the job on merit.
    — Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Whoever wins the job should do so on merit, not because of their race or gender.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
  • Ivey said her state is confident the decision was based on merit.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Thirty-four more at-large teams are selected based on merit.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2024
  • According to Orsi, Bloodmoon won the bake-off on merit.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022
  • This pardon is not sought based on merit or worthiness.
    — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Is status based on merit rather than on group membership?
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Jan. 2025
  • This is the time to make tough calls: look at hidden talent in your team and promote them to the right positions, and replace the ones who do not qualify on merit.
    — Kamran Khan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The boards of these institutions had said previously that it should all be done on merit.
    — Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • To unwind the idea that success hinges on merit would mean rewriting a whole lot of high-school graduation speeches.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Federal workers are back in the office and America will hire based on merit.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Ruling on an appeal, the Supreme Court ordered that the veterans' quota be cut to 5%, with 93% of jobs to be allocated on merit.
    — Julhas Alam, arkansasonline.com, 22 July 2024
  • The 1883 Pendleton Act was passed to promote a federal workforce based on merit, not partisan bias.
    — Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Based on merit, Rodrigue should see NHL action this coming season.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
  • The ordinance also would require the city to hire and promote employees solely based on merit.
    — Jessica Boehm, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • These are employees who are not tied to a particular presidency, who must be hired based on merit, and who do the day-to-day work of government.
    — Bridget C.e. Dooling, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The statute creating the NEA provides for grant-making based on merit but doesn’t exclude other criteria.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Mar. 2022
  • When Texas rolled out a bold new way to boost teacher pay based on merit, the state touted it as a path to a six-figure salary—a benchmark that most of America’s teachers never reach in their careers.
    — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Walsh showed it last year, and on merit Pujols might have lost his job years ago had the Angels’ farm system been able to develop a decent first baseman between Trumbo and Walsh.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021
  • Raimondo said the winners were chosen based on merit rather than politics.
    — Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Moody, the team’s leading preseason scorer, has had a tremendous offseason, and has earned playing time on merit, but still could get squeezed out of the crowded rotation.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Still, Gisele’s place in the pool is fully warranted on merit, separate from 20-year-old Angel City forward Alyssa’s own rising stock.
    — Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • But in the Thursday order, Winsor ruled that the petitioners have not been able to prove their case will succeed on merit, one of the major factors in deciding an injunction.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • My goal is to provide the people of Broward County with a judge who will listen to their causes, evaluate the facts and the law presented, and make rulings based solely on merit and legal principles.
    — Joseph Zager, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • Additional assignments will be handed out on merit — though even the best officials might not make the final if their national team does as well.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Every team’s place in the pyramid ultimately depends on merit.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2021

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