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The phrase 'something to be earned' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to rewards, accomplishments or titles that take effort or time to gain. For example, "Getting an A+ on this paper will be something to be earned."
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Advocates of retention view promotion as something to be earned.
In my home, guns were not something to be earned or celebrated.
"I didn't take it until later on -- it's something to be earned," he said.
Being offered a place inside any family circle is something to be earned, not the result of destiny.
A tip on the way in could only backfire, because Mr. Weiss saw tables as something to be "earned" through regular visits, good behavior and patience.
As an 18th-century rhyme put it, "In France and Italy there's something to be learned; in London, something to be earned".
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Trust is something that has to be earned.
Trust is something that has to be earned and the home office is going to have to perform a great deal better to win the public's confidence.
Yes, citizenship is something that has to be earned, and there are benchmarks for that, but to tie it to origin in criminal cases has problematic racist implications.
"Headdresses are something that has to be earned," says academic, activist and Cherokee Nation member Adrienne Keene, who chronicles the misuse of indigenous culture on her Native Appropriations blog.
It's something that has to be earned.
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