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[wur-thee] / ˈwɜr ði /


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Wertheim bought the car mainly for charity and plans to lend it to worthy organizations to help them raise money.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

In some cases, those experiences can contribute to a fear of failure rooted in the belief that mistakes make a person less worthy in the eyes of others.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

“They looked at the Bible and they said, look, Jesus said the labor is worthy of his hire.”

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Miltenova has said she is now "confident" that Bulgaria will be a "worthy" host and the country would "showcase the very best of our culture, hospitality and professionalism".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Why shouldn’t I want to be with someone who makes me feel worthy?

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

On the face of it, little connects the mutton-chopped worthies who built places like Saltaire and Bournville with the tech bros of Silicon Valley.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2022

The worthies of Westeros vow their loyalty to Rhaenyra as royal successor.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2022

Other worthies such as Adam and the Ants and James Ingram were shut down in this category.

From Seattle Times Apr. 2, 2022

Their work gradually added members to the Hall, culminating in a second committee to add a batch of worthies in 2006.

From Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020

The master and his sons laughed as he wiped his face, but the twenty dollars went to new boots and a brocade coat like he’d seen some worthies wear in D.C.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

They almost certainly could have been put to work on worthier causes.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2025

Extensive development work is being conducted to give old clothes and textiles a worthier end.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

It’s become a cliché to praise a filmmaker for loving his characters, as if doing so made said characters worthier of our interest, or if humanism were an inherent artistic virtue.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2023

Through the miracle of technology, transhumanists believe that the human species must orchestrate its obsolescence so that some worthier, digitized human form might emerge, phoenix-like from its shadow.

From Slate Jan. 26, 2023

In the meantime, Harry Potter’s well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart on a worthier candidate.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Among his worthiest financial prescriptions is to marry well.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

However while Musk and Altman have been focused on each trying to prove themselves the worthiest custodians of AI in court, their rivals have raced ahead.

From BBC May 19, 2026

“We insist on the need to bring about the necessary corrections in the legal system, and we will allow for an opportunity to achieve them with a broad consensus. That’s the worthiest goal there is.”

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2023

“Summer of Soul’s” win was one of the worthiest of the night, and Questlove proceeded to give one of the evening’s most beautiful speeches.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2022

Though it was a forbidden love, still he felt it to be the worthiest thing about him, and the purest, and the deepest.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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