How to pronounce merit
Listen to merit in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“merit” in real sentences
944 clips in the index · 286 American · 658 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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merit in that suggestion?
Federal Reserve · watch from 22:02 · hear it here
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or totally without merit”.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 92:05 · hear it here
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merit, and we argue that the goal of merit is definitely a laudable one.
GAO · watch from 64:39 · hear it here
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which might merit more elaboration or which might merit additional highlighting for policy makers
FTC · watch from 35:42 · hear it here
Why real speech
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