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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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To Spoelstra the approach remains that youth will be served when deserved, and even then not at the cost of one more victory, even amid the seemingly inescapable reality of a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
The promotion is not only well deserved—programming launched under Walden has received over 1,200 awards, including more than 400 Emmys.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Hopefully the Yankees will see fit to celebrate the 1976 season in different ways this year and in that respect there can be no better time to present Nettles, the greatest of all (clean) Yankee third baseman, with a long overdue and much deserved plaque in Monument Park.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
So tonight, the Recording Academy is here to offer much deserved respect and recognition.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
The promotion is not only well deserved—programming launched under Walden has received over 1,200 awards, including more than 400 Emmys.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Hopefully the Yankees will see fit to celebrate the 1976 season in different ways this year and in that respect there can be no better time to present Nettles, the greatest of all (clean) Yankee third baseman, with a long overdue and much deserved plaque in Monument Park.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
So tonight, the Recording Academy is here to offer much deserved respect and recognition.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Deserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserved. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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deserved
adjective
de·served
-ˈzərvd 
: of, relating to, or being that which one deserves
a deserved punishment
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