worthiness
Example Sentences
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“Tax time is when it’s revealed how the year went,” said Joyce Marter, a licensed psychotherapist in Cape Coral, Fla. “There can be issues of power and control, worthiness and resentment.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Artistic worthiness isn’t measured by gravity of subject matter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
"I can't change the credit worthiness of the city, but I can change how investors look at our sustainability work, and make it more attractive to them."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025
One of them is that the British “Traitors” surfaces social class as its dominant subtext, whereas Cumming’s game shows American snobbery manifesting in fame, not skill, being a major determinant of worth and worthiness.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025
And maybe, just maybe, somewhere in Courage’s system there is something that falls into that category of worthiness.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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