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worthwhile

[wurth-hwahyl, -wahyl] / ˈwɜrθˈʰwaɪl, -ˈwaɪl /


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Ultimately, “Feed the People!” is a worthwhile corrective to a great deal of wrongheaded popular dogma about food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Buying or avoiding a specific stock or sector could be worthwhile if their prices can’t be justified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Until recently, David Robinson was happy in the knowledge that the nursing degree he finished last year had been a worthwhile investment to move him along in his career with the NHS.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The fancy buckets are expensive to produce, but Cinemark considers them worthwhile because they augment popcorn and soda sales, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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