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Recent Examples of demerit Restaurants with over 30 demerits are required to fix the worst issues immediately and remedy the rest within 48 hours. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025 One was their head-to-head matchup, which UCLA won 77-62 in November, and the other was South Carolina’s blowout loss to UConn in mid-February, a demerit in the committee’s mind for being an uncompetitive loss. Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025 Tarrant County’s inspections function on a demerit system: a score of 100 is considered perfect, and a score of 70 is considered to be extremely poor. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025 Ten moderate Democrats voted with Republicans to approve the official demerit. Green, well known as a Trump critic, could face additional repercussions. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demerit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demerit
Noun
  • However, economists say trade deficits aren’t a sign of national weakness.
    Time, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The dollar strengthened after days of weakness, and oil rose back above $60, starting to climb out of a danger zone.
    Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At that meeting, Yancy’s brother Darren told commissioners that the fault for the jail deaths lies with Waybourn.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The 29-year-old was at fault for both of Lyon’s goals in Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first leg in France, which United drew 2-2.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Landing in the bottom are Henry (for the sin of a spongy scallion pancake), Paula (for texture issues), and Bailey (for the aforementioned Pile of Stuff).
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But the occasional poach is perhaps no great sin, more akin to driving over the speed limit than, say, starting a forest fire.
    Mark Sundeen, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Less than three weeks after his storybook St. John’s season came to a sudden end, the Hall of Fame coach acknowledged a shortcoming that’s helped drive his roster building this spring.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • And while the firings of three coaches at the end of last season could be interpreted as a warning shot to Hyde, Elias surely knows the responsibility for the team’s current shortcomings falls more on him than his manager.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Organizations must stop treating burnout as a personal failing or an unavoidable reality of today’s workplace, and start recognizing it as a systemic issue.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • One major failing has been a slow response to an obvious need for more water storage — either in reservoirs or underground aquifers — to capture winter rains and spring snowmelts as a buffer for dry years.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That deficiency intensified now that Brown is heading to Jacksonville on a one-year deal, according to a team source.
    Ben Standig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • According to a 2023 study, 35% of adults in the US are suffering from a vitamin D deficiency, and that can lead to a number of issues (poor immune system, risk of certain cancers, and liver and kidney disease, to name just a few).
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025

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