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Six example sentences with meritorious, each labelled with its topic.
The bar association gave the young lawyer an award for meritorious service to families who could not pay fees.
Law
The hospital named her nurse of the year for meritorious work during the flood, when the ward ran on generators.
Medicine
Soldiers received a small silver medal for meritorious conduct, and the roll of names was read every spring.
History
The league gave the retiring trainer a plaque for meritorious service after thirty seasons of taping ankles at dawn.
Basketball
The company's annual award for meritorious work went to a warehouse clerk who caught a shipping error worth millions.
Business
The council honored the crossing guard for meritorious service, twenty years without a single child missing the bus.
Politics
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