Created and Earned

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Earned and created are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earned" instead a verb "Created".

Nearby Words: create, creation, creative, creator, creating

Earned adjective - Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action.

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Created and earned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Created" instead a verb "Earned".

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

They can't be earned or created any other way than by defeating the Reaper, but with said Reaper being ridiculously powerful, by the time you're strong enough to do that, you're near the end of the game, or at least halfway into a New Game+.

Source: Video Game / Persona 4
However, the conflict of the story revolved around the idea that the "paradise" Thor had created wasn't earned by humanity and therefore wasn't real.

Source: Comic Book / The Mighty Thor
However, due to the success of the film and the academy awards it earned, a 25% tax credit was created for filmmaking in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source: Film / The Departed

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