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a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
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The most common issues identified in her research include:
Feeling stagnant in their career progression, lacking promotions, raises, or deserved recognition.
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Loose Ends: The Legacy Heroes – Reynolds, Levy, and the cast and crew go through some of the mind-blowing cameos and the characters who finally get their deserved endings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
The Grammys have tacitly acknowledged this, nominating a woman rapper in Best New Artist for five straight years now (including this year’s deserved recognition for Doechii).
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Watch on Hulu The Dropout Amanda Seyfried won a much deserved Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for her portrayal of the notorious Stanford dropout turned health care technology maven Elizabeth Holmes, who tricked some of the world’s savviest business minds into investing in her company, Theranos.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Loose Ends: The Legacy Heroes – Reynolds, Levy, and the cast and crew go through some of the mind-blowing cameos and the characters who finally get their deserved endings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
The Grammys have tacitly acknowledged this, nominating a woman rapper in Best New Artist for five straight years now (including this year’s deserved recognition for Doechii).
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Watch on Hulu The Dropout Amanda Seyfried won a much deserved Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for her portrayal of the notorious Stanford dropout turned health care technology maven Elizabeth Holmes, who tricked some of the world’s savviest business minds into investing in her company, Theranos.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Deserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserved. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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deserved
adjective
de·served
-ˈzərvd 
: of, relating to, or being that which one deserves
a deserved punishment
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