worthiness

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Recent Examples of worthiness Suffice to say, Sacramento has a lot going for it and its worthiness of MLB is real. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 But such reckless threats by the mayor still caused the rating agencies of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch to take notice and issue warnings about the city’s credit worthiness. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 The Spinblitz team created their list of the best spots for flower tourism by looking at factors including the popularity of the destination, flower vibrancy, photo-worthiness, and reviews. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 And being able to reclaim my presence and worthiness in a space that once excluded me has been its own form of healing. Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 These qualities create the type of wines that collectors actively seek, which offer greater equilibrium, structure, and age-worthiness. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026 After proving worthiness and validating effectiveness, the prototype warheads departed Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, for Redstone Arsenal, where a live demonstration was conducted for Army leaders, as per the release. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Patients gain expert insight without letting an outdated system determine their worthiness. Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 In recent years it's worked to modernize its collection system and has been attracting some customers with higher credit worthiness, according to company reports. John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthiness
Noun
  • Household incomes average $376,741, and home values average $2 million.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The Central African country is the world’s largest producer of cobalt and controls vast stores of copper, gold, and lithium; its mining sector is estimated to hold $24 trillion of mineral value.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • The nonpartisan watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense has questioned both the huge amounts of money for the wall-building and whether taxpayers are getting their money's worth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • There is no public address system reminding some fans the importance of a looming third down.
    Sam McDowell Updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • The importance of falling well has only grown as players have adapted movement patterns from clay and hard courts to grass.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Motherhood, sexuality, family, fame… every band member forges her own path in refreshingly disparate ways rarely shown on television.
    Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
  • Donors include oil executive Harold Hamm, the Waltons of Walmart fame, Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, a hedge fund, and Burgum himself.
    Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Both her mother and brother struggled with substance abuse, which eventually led to their deaths.
    Sarah Liese, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Watson will also have to stay away from the victim — and record a video about the harm of substance abuse and the importance of mental health treatment.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.
    Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Writing a Check Writing checks has gotten less and less common thanks to the prominence of online bill pay and the ease of paying with a card or via app (like Venmo).
    Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 June 2026
  • Both CrowdStrike and Palo Alto's rise to prominence has also intensified investor scrutiny, raising the bar on earnings expectations.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Critical infrastructure must assume persistent aerial observation as a baseline condition of operations, and operators must rehearse drone incidents with the same seriousness as cyberattacks or active shooter scenarios.
    Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.
    Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

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“Worthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthiness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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