The phrase "always merit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that consistently deserves recognition or consideration.
Example: "Her contributions to the project always merit acknowledgment from the team."
Alternatives: "always deserve" or "consistently warrant".
References from previous clients and coachees always merit careful review.
Is there always merit in coming back to something, just because it was good?
Two always merit a stop: the gallery of Nikki Diana Marquardt, a former assistant to Man Ray, and Galerie Mark Hachem, which features contemporary Middle Eastern artists.
Schoenberg's orchestrations of Brahms always merit revisiting, not least because the odd alliance of these two contrasting composers is always so unexpected.
Often humanitarian groups are doing life-saving work, but too often they succumb to pressure from local governments, who want to demonstrate that their countries are safe for foreign investment, and from big donors, who have pet causes that don't always merit risking the lives of workers.
Obviously, many investors are not able to stomach the volatility associated with the equity market, so fixed income will always merit a place in most asset allocations as a risk mitigation tool, but heretofore bond investments were also producing decent returns.
Prosperity is not always merit-based, which leads many to search for answers as to why some deserving people fail while some undeserving succeed.
The winner always merits their trophy.
The extravagant quantity and varying quality of illicit screwing, inside the middle class and above and below it, is always interesting and always merits chronicling.
T. rex always merits ooohs and ahhhs and plenty of photo opportunities, but there were many other offerings from which to select.
In the same vein, I must remember that where Wall Street is concerned, a very healthy dose of skepticism is always merited.
