on merit

idiom

: on a person's having the required skills or qualifications

Hiring decisions are based entirely on merit.

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Moody, the team’s leading preseason scorer, has had a tremendous offseason, and has earned playing time on merit, but still could get squeezed out of the crowded rotation. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024 Move the budget to increase teacher wages based on merit. —

Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 This approach helps employees understand that promotions, raises, or disciplinary actions are based on merit and business needs, not subjective or emotional factors. —

Pam Cohen, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Without the rentier model to lean on, governments must build productive economies that are based on merit rather than loyalty and dominated by the private sector rather than the state. —

Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018 See all Example Sentences for on merit