worthy of
idiom
: good enough to have been written, said, done, or created by (someone, especially someone famous)
a symphony worthy of Mahler
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Ewers, who played in one game this season, completing 5 of 8 passes for 53 yards in mop-up duty of a 31-6 loss to the Cleveland Browns, has a moxie to him that hints there might be something worthy of an investment in there.
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Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
The variety of body types and shapes shown here, often covered in very little, is a reminder that despite the smoothness of the people held up as worthy of admiration on Instagram, most people’s bodies and faces have lumps and bumps and creases and crinkles.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
To New Jersey Attorney General Platkin, these kinds of approaches seemed worthy of investigation.
—Carly Thomsen, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
To create a new society ruled by those deemed worthy of calling the shots?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
The variety of body types and shapes shown here, often covered in very little, is a reminder that despite the smoothness of the people held up as worthy of admiration on Instagram, most people’s bodies and faces have lumps and bumps and creases and crinkles.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
To New Jersey Attorney General Platkin, these kinds of approaches seemed worthy of investigation.
—Carly Thomsen, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
To create a new society ruled by those deemed worthy of calling the shots?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Worthy of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthy%20of. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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