How to Use meritocracy in a Sentence

meritocracy

noun
  • But there’s comfort in the idea of meritocracy for the rest of us as well.
    — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
  • There are so many myths and lies around the idea of meritocracy in this country.
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2019
  • There is a bit bit of like meritocracy out in the water.
    — Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a sports world based on meritocracy, that always bugged me.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2017
  • This type of pragmatism will take a bright young man far in the meritocracy.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Age restrictions, some sense of meritocracy in terms of who gets ahead, that seems to be gone.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That meritocracy or traits such as hard work ethic are racist or sexist.
    — al, 8 Mar. 2022
  • But Shanghvi’s climb to the zenith of the wealth ladder stood for a hope, that meritocracy still has a chance.
    — Soma Das, Quartz India, 21 June 2019
  • So the incongruity might be coming from a place of the myth of meritocracy.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So, what was the origin moment that led you to look at the common good, and the role of meritocracy in our lives?
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Perhaps on the margins, but the myth of meritocracy is pretty hard to shift.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
  • If the Heat truly are a meritocracy, then what has been earned should be retained.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 May 2021
  • Business, at its core, should be a meritocracy.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • And part of what the national team is about, no matter who the coach is, is a meritocracy where the guys who earn it play.
    — Grant Wahl and Brian Straus, SI.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • After all, who in their right mind would argue against the concept of meritocracy?
    — John Rice, The Atlantic, 21 June 2020
  • Tied up in the yacht-rock creation myth is a pining for a lost air of meritocracy in the music business.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In many ways, meritocracy is a core part of the American dream.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • While the adults of Crystal dream of meritocracy, their kids bear the burden.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 16 July 2019
  • There’s truly a meritocracy of ideas, and everybody is equal in that form.
    — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
  • Or will the meritocracy seen in the 2020 offense hold up as the new norm?
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
  • That’s based on meritocracy; it’s based on all of these class issues, income status.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Either way, the common view says, college is not a meritocracy but a site of elite self-dealing.
    — Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Of course, that rug came up a lot when people debated the concept of meritocracy.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2018
  • Our success is used to confirm the belief that this country is a meritocracy.
    — Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In his view, the team is a meritocracy, and the best player will start Saturday.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Wilson has worked hard to get here, that much is clear; still, showbiz isn’t exactly a meritocracy.
    — Meaghan Garvey, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
  • In a sport, the meritocracy of the athlete controls the outcome.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Why would an emphasis on meritocracy serve to reduce it?
    — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • And it is also baked into the military cake that the system is a meritocracy.
    — W. Kamau Bell, CNN, 30 May 2021
  • There's something about the soldier archetype that's always kind of been with me, and this idea of meritocracy, that in and of itself, is a dream.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2022

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