"the same merits" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when referring to the qualities or characteristics that are shared by something/someone. Example: Despite their different approaches, both candidates have the same merits that make them suitable for the job.
"It's obvious that not everybody has the same merits," he said.
The example given was a primary school choosing a man when faced with two candidates with the same merits when all other staff are women.
He said he would have gotten in without it, and explains, "Black students work extremely hard just to prove we are here on the same merits as our white counterparts".
Samsung's effort essentially has the same merits and drawbacks as the rest of its smartwatches, and it likely required very little in the way of development time to get it up and running on the new OS.
It becomes practically impossible for women to obtain the same merits, and compete on the same terms as men, these structural factors, directly or indirectly might hold them back (Taylor-Abdulai et al. 2014).
"International students here who are qualified are eligible to receive the same merit scholarships as domestic students," said Rory Shaffer, the admissions director at Adelphi.
The proposed method possesses also the same merit as the EEM and ICA method, which can be applied to assess water quality when the levels of attributes are defined in terms of intervals in the water quality criteria.
I will weigh a woman on the merits of her actions, her quality of work, her integrity, her work ethic, her honesty, her ability to deliver -- the very same merits I would use to judge a man in her position.
For now, No. 3 South Carolina and No. 4 Florida have assumed roles as contenders, shifting power in a conference compensating the same old merits.
In contrast to professor emeritus, professors of the Graduate Division prove their value every 3 years by passing the same departmental merit review used to grant pay raises to regular faculty members.
The merits of Lange's view concerning the "conversion" of mass-energy equivalence are essentially the same as the merits of both the Bondi-Spurgin interpretation and Rindler's interpretation.
