Sentence examples for merit out from inspiring English sources

· But it was DKNY and Jacobs' younger label, Marc by Marc Jacobs, which offered the most practical looks: chunky jackets over little skirts and dresses, making a merit out of tweed's kooky image and offering hope to those who want to buy into the look.

When the "R" word is in the picture, bosses throw merit out the window and take the opportunity to get rid of the people they just don't like.

I was brought up imagining that cream rises to the top, merit wins out, the race is to the swift and riches to men of understanding, but it ain't necessarily so.

It provides reassurance, especially in a world that seems to disdain us, that our country is indeed special, a beacon of hope, and a land of opportunity where merit wins out, and that these are not just sentiments mouthed by politicians or written in civics books.

And older folk, who have the electoral merit of turning out reliably to vote, are another target.

Nevertheless, "Bolzano had the great merit of singling out the problem of mathematical explanation as central to the philosophy of mathematics" even if "his attempted solution(s) do not satisfactorily answer the issues he cleverly raised" (ibid).

And it merits pointing out and pushing back against.

"Then again, if you take a step back, the judges in these cases have been focusing very narrowly on the facts before them, taking each case on its merits, teasing out the true culpability.