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How to use the word Earned in a Sentence? Page #5

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Luis earned this job. He has literally trained his whole life to be a manager, he is considered one of the better in-game decision makers simply that we have in the organization.

Van Wagenen

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think it is appropriate for me to admonish both the Democratic House managers and the President's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body, one reason it has earned that title is because its members avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse.

Chief Justice John Roberts

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I tried to persuade him not to go, i told him the money he had earned in France was huge for the family.

Nguyen Dinh Gia

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He was treated very badly but, despite this, was completely exonerated on all major charges. I then restored Eddies rank. Likewise, large cost overruns from past administrations contracting procedures were not addressed to my satisfaction, therefore, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencers services have been terminated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. I thank Richard for his service and commitment. Eddie will retire peacefully with all of the honors that he has earned, including his Trident pin.

President Trump

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Eddie will retire peacefully with all of the honors that he has earned, including his Trident Pin.

Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I earned my right to be on that victory stand. No one was out there in the mornings when I was training... I trained to represent this country, to go to the Olympics, based on my commitment to the program and my spiritual belief in God... that 15 minutes of fame( on the podium) I had to do what I feel is the right thing to do.

John Carlos

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I don't think anyone really ever wants to go to trial or to take this thing to that level. But obviously if we have to, we will, we're not willing to compromise on what we know is right and what we know we deserve and have already earned.

Megan Rapinoe

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

That is false, there were no upfront payments promised for joining the lawsuit. The only payments were triggered by IAC/Match retaliating against plaintiffs by stripping away their hard-earned equity.

Orin Snyder

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I thought I would not be able to recover. This is my fourth world championship and I always arrived in top shape but always left without medals. It shows you should never give up. I persevered and earned my medal.

Double Olympic

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Captain Liberto climbed through the ranks and earned multiple prestigious awards during Captain Liberto years of service, including Officer of the Year.

Mandeville Police Department

Found on CNN
4 years ago

And if we learned anything from 2016, earned media is really valuable and can pardon the pun trump the paid media.

Joe Trippi

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's not being considered at this time but he's looking at all options out there to try and give people back so much of the hard earned money they've made.

White House

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I cant go into specifics or percentages or ratios, but yeah, money is a factor. Im going to be completely direct about that. Theres no reason not to be, there are times when its more of a factor than not. I still have to feel that, whether or not the movie around me entirely works, Ill be able to deliver something and be fun to watch. But yes, its no secret that mistakes have been made in my past that Ive had to try to correct. Financial mistakes happened with the real estate implosion that occurred, in which the lions share of everything I had earned was pretty much eradicated. But one thing I wasnt going to do was file for bankruptcy. I had this pride thing where I wanted to work my way through anything, which was both good and bad. Not all the movies have been blue chip, but Ive kept getting closer to my instrument.

Nicolas Cage

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I am very disappointed to be kept from defending my hard-earned title, but this will not deter me from continuing my fight for the human rights of all of the female athletes concerned.

Caster Semenya

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Will Hardy is a talented, young basketball mind who has earned a great deal of respect from everyone in the organization thanks to Will Hardy knowledge, spirit and personality.

Gregg Popovich

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Thats one of the more stress relievers is being able to feel wanted, even if its not by the organization, its the city, thats bigger to me than anything. The people who spent their hard-earned money to come cheer for you, root for you.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think you're naturally seeing what I would call a well deserved and well earned gag reflex around this idea, they're trying to do everything right : Set up an independent body in Switzerland, make it a nonprofit. But there's one problem... it comes from Facebook. And people just are like,' Burn me a million times, shame on you, burn me a million and one times, shame on me.'.

Scott Galloway

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The political class pushed us to this, all our lives we preserved the security of our country. These are our rights that we earned.

Abbas Ammar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

From 2012 through 2018, Amazon reported $ 25.4 billion in pretax United States income and current federal tax provisions totaling $ 1.9 billion, that is an 8 % tax rate — low, but not zero or negative. Looking back further, since 2002, Amazon has earned $ 27.7 billion in global pretax profits and paid $ 3.6 billion in global cash income taxes, a 13 % tax rate.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

No respect is earned, if behavior is not of good.

Sipho P Nkosi

added by SIPHO P NKOSI
4 years ago

...Enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man, acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter - with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more... a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

Thomas Jefferson

added by Normando
5 years ago

It's very special for Spaniard Rahm and American Palmer and I'm really excited to share it with Spaniard Rahm and American Palmer, spaniard Rahm and American Palmer definitely earned it today. Spaniard Rahm and American Palmer's Spaniard Rahm and American Palmer and I couldn't be prouder. Spaniard Rahm and American Palmer played a lot of good golf today.

Ryan Palmer

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

He's earned the respect and admiration of everyone who ever crossed his path, i assure you, in the world of politics, that's nothing short of a miracle.

Mitch McConnell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I just think the last two games the character of this group shone, we earned our way to Game 7 in Toronto and to a win tonight. Thats a good feeling.

Marcus Johansson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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