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worthy

[wur-thee] / ˈwɜr ði /


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That’s not to say that Anthropic will go down the same path, only that writing worthy intentions into an official document isn’t the same as writing them into stone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Getting out of credit-card debt faster is a worthy goal, but draining your emergency savings to do so can backfire.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Such an amen chorus, however wise and worthy, doesn’t seem to help Berry anticipate the scrutiny of more skeptical observers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Announcing the plans, Apple Corps chief executive Tom Greene said Liverpool was getting a Beatles destination worthy of the city's musical heritage.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

And in part I shall offer for consideration those things that are worthy of note for anyone who reads the history of those times.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He seems energised when he is shaking hands and talking to the public, sometimes appearing to enjoy that more than meeting the long lines of civic worthies on official visits.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023

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

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

In Hulu’s limited series, this parade of worthies is represented primarily by former secretary of state George Shultz, played by “Law & Order” veteran Sam Waterston.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022

He regretted that his deteriorating health prevented him from attending the ceremonies in person and joining “the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies who joined with us on that day.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The irony is that Pacino did several worthier turns after his Oscar win: “The Insider,” “Donnie Brasco,” even “Glengarry Glen Ross” from the same year, 1992, is better: the definitive Ricky Roma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

Is not pole position – generally the fastest racing of the weekend – worthier of a point than fastest race lap, which is purely tactical?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

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

Your Honor, for the sake of this boy and myself, I wish I could bring to this Court evidence of a morally worthier nature.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

Cruz is the worthiest, but I’ll give the slight edge to Moore, who hasn’t been nominated since winning the lead actress Oscar for “Still Alice” nearly a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

“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

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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