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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In an interview in August, tech journalist Cleo Abram asked Altman to give an example of a business decision that was best for the world at the expense of his own company’s ascendancy. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 Watkins was granted his new name and received a Guinness World Record certificate for the world’s longest Christian name at 2,310 words two years later, in March 1992. Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Yet the hunt for the world’s oldest stories is not exactly triumphant. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 What could be the commercial spaceflight company's last flight test of 2025 from its Starbase headquarters for the world's largest rocket is coming up soon. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025 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 19 Oct. 2025.

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