Sentence examples for meritocracy over from inspiring English sources

"Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations," the saying goes, and it conforms to our preference for meritocracy over aristocracy.

Like the success of black fighter pilots, the presence of 64 African-American starting cornerbacks in the N.F.L. is an American triumph of meritocracy over protectionism.

He was hired through an open government initiative started by the Socialist Party to promote meritocracy over cronyism, but which critics now say was largely cronyism under another guise.

Where the next generations of leaders can draw a lesson is in Deng's openness to risk and change, in his rejection of xenophobia, in his pragmatic view of the world, and in his support for meritocracy over privilege.

If you are American -- and believe this Thanksgiving in American values and democracy -- then you believe in meritocracy over aristocracy, and in equality over inequality and we can end this decline to Lauder like aristocracy together.

"Ever want to have a bunch of dudes explain meritocracy to you over and over again?

The main weakness is that too many of Britain's family-owned firms still prefer primogeniture over meritocracy to select their top bosses, three times as often as German family-run firms do.

While hackocracy still reigns over meritocracy, it makes sense that the Australian public is cautious about the idea of electoral quotas; perhaps signalling they understand intuitively that quotas are not guaranteed to fix the problem.

While far from perfect, Bell argues that the China model of political meritocracy has shown us over the past several decades that leaders who don't need to constantly remain popular with voters or beholden to special interests -- particularly when doing so undermines the greater good -- may actually be better placed to make the right decisions.

Many viewers expected the show to be akin to a meritocracy, where true talent eventually wins out over all the other bullshit and drama you see on most other reality shows.

"The engines of the American dream and meritocracy have slowed down dramatically over the past 20 years," he said.