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well-earned

adjective

  1. fully deserved

    a well-earned rest

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Dudek isn’t alone in playing fast and loose with Social Security’s well-earned reputation for efficiency.

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No theatrical score this year was as exhilarating as Blumberg’s as it built toward and settled into Corbet’s well-earned intermission.

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His handler, group commander Paul Osborne, said: "In dog years, Sherlock is 100 years old, so it's only fitting for him to hang up his boots now and take a well-earned break. He'll enjoy a relaxed retirement filled with naps on the sofa, his favourite walks and plenty of belly rubs."

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Once the main commemoration at St Paul's Cathedral is out of the way, you'd be forgiven for thinking Lady MacRae might take a well-earned rest.

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Over a half-century of work, he built a well-earned reputation as a surrealist auteur and master filmmaker.

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