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worthy

[wur-thee] / ˈwɜr ði /


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Naturally, not every subject this museum explores will entice such crowds, but maybe making a higher priority of that intersection is a worthy goal moving forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

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

That means the monologue was deemed worthy of airing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Father, you wished for a more worthy opponent?”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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 answer, my worthies, is that it is nowhere to be found in the Constitution.

From Salon ● May 14, 2022

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 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

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

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025

What’s worthier: the news story that matters now or the storytelling that pushes documentary filmmaking into the future?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

Instead, she was something far worthier: “a layperson’s historian” who made the past interesting.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

Harry Potter’s well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart upon 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

CHANG: Almodóvar may have been the race’s token international nominee, but his exquisitely crafted “Talk to Her” ensured he was also the worthiest of the lot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

But they also distract from a larger question about whether, even under the best conditions, trying to fulfill Musk’s highest aspirations for Twitter is the worthiest use of his time.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 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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