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Recent Examples of worthiness
If worthiness is defined only by mastery of texts, then the exams are sufficient.
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Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
But Mormonism is a high-demand, patriarchal religion, and the church’s obsession with Godly worthiness has only made the fixation on beauty flourish.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Since Fossil started releasing its special-edition ring watches — tapping everyone from Barbie to Nick Jonas and Disney for the task — people started falling in love with the adornments’ more playful side, not to mention mini-watches’ unisex wearability and gift-worthiness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Mar. 2026
This reflects a historical and fundamental societal disregard for Black children, particularly Black boys, as human beings — a society that does not extend to them the same presumption of childhood or worthiness of grace that is typically afforded to white children.
—Erika Strauss Chavarria, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
That's a lot of hemming and hawing, a lot of second- and triple-guessing, and a bevy of rewatches to gauge the worthiness of being part of a historically significant canon.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
It’s often said that the best definition of a person’s hall of fame worthiness is whether the history of their sport can be written without them in it.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Across much of sports media in general, there’s way too much daily bandwidth devoted to debates about Hall of Fame worthiness, or Most Valuable Player voting, or the Heisman Trophy race.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2026
Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
But Mormonism is a high-demand, patriarchal religion, and the church’s obsession with Godly worthiness has only made the fixation on beauty flourish.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Since Fossil started releasing its special-edition ring watches — tapping everyone from Barbie to Nick Jonas and Disney for the task — people started falling in love with the adornments’ more playful side, not to mention mini-watches’ unisex wearability and gift-worthiness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Mar. 2026
This reflects a historical and fundamental societal disregard for Black children, particularly Black boys, as human beings — a society that does not extend to them the same presumption of childhood or worthiness of grace that is typically afforded to white children.
—Erika Strauss Chavarria, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
That's a lot of hemming and hawing, a lot of second- and triple-guessing, and a bevy of rewatches to gauge the worthiness of being part of a historically significant canon.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
It’s often said that the best definition of a person’s hall of fame worthiness is whether the history of their sport can be written without them in it.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Across much of sports media in general, there’s way too much daily bandwidth devoted to debates about Hall of Fame worthiness, or Most Valuable Player voting, or the Heisman Trophy race.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthiness
Noun
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The median monthly rent and home value are $1,891 and $376,723, respectively.—
Chase Jordan
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Trump’s election proved that a sizable contingent of the population had no problem imposing their values on others—and even hoped that the government might do so for them.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both the Las Vegas and Pennsylvania campuses were designed to host the lion’s share of fulfillment activity on the West and East Coasts, each taking in 300,000 worth of orders per month on average with the capacity to scale up to 1 million orders during the peak holiday season.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The publication interviewed analysts at market intelligence company Sightline Climate, which in research first flagged by Ed Zitron last week noted that 12 gigawatts worth of power-consuming data centers are set to open in the US this year.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Situations like this reinforce the importance of responsible ownership, proper training and understanding each individual dog — regardless of breed.—
Tori Mason,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Speakers including County Commission Chairman Mark Jerrell, Juvenile Judge Aretha Blake, and Bridget Happney, senior social services manager at Mecklenburg County Youth and Family Services, spoke about the importance of everyone working together to keep children safe.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Of all sports halls of fame, College Football’s is statistically the most difficult to attain.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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The museum includes individual entries that include some figures whose fame was too recent for them to have been painted onto that wall in the administration building in the early ‘90s, from Rita Wilson to Lawrence Fishburne to writer-director Frank Darabont.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lappen oversaw the county's Behavioral Health Services division, which works with people with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The half-industrial, half-heavenly record was recorded on the brink of a real-life meltdown; the substances Lean had rapped about so brazenly during his adolescent mixtape era would nearly claim his life.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many pop stars mellow into stately eminence in middle age, as Madonna (temporarily) did in her late 30s with 1998’s Ray of Light.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s drawn sharp attacks from Conyears-Ervin’s opponents, given the special interest group’s eminence as a leading target of the political left following the 2023 Gaza war.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The city chose 28th Street over another major avenue because of its prominence in a heavily Hispanic north Fort Worth.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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The partnership centers on the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix (May 9-10) and the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix (May 30-31), with BTA branding on the team’s F50 catamaran plus destination content across digital platforms, and prominence during race-week events.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It's done with such seriousness and attention to detail you’d almost be convinced this moon mission succeeded 19 years before Apollo 11's monumental landing.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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At her presser, the Sacramento Bee's Joe Davidson asked Staley about wearing Johnson's shirt and balancing fun with seriousness.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Worthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthiness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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