for the world
idiom
informal
: for any reason
—used to make a statement more forceful
I wouldn't miss your wedding for the world.
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Paid Program Over eight decades, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has built an unprecedented global support system for the world’s children.
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Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Dropping ahead of the Winter Olympics, Finding Her Edge adapts Jennifer Lacopelli’s YA novel about a figure skater (Madelyn Keys) training for the world championships.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
This was David Zaslav‘s strategy from the beginning of restoring Warner Bros to its days of glory, being the home for the world’s best filmmakers and putting those films in movie theaters around the globe.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
By the end of 1980, after 10 years waiting for the world to catch up with them, things were looking bleak for Suicide.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
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Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Dropping ahead of the Winter Olympics, Finding Her Edge adapts Jennifer Lacopelli’s YA novel about a figure skater (Madelyn Keys) training for the world championships.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
This was David Zaslav‘s strategy from the beginning of restoring Warner Bros to its days of glory, being the home for the world’s best filmmakers and putting those films in movie theaters around the globe.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
By the end of 1980, after 10 years waiting for the world to catch up with them, things were looking bleak for Suicide.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for for the world
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“For the world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20the%20world. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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