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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Despite Uli appearing to hold the numbers after the merge, the duo flipped, sending Moore to the jury in a move worthy of a Marvel-style heel turn.
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Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The focus of Mamdani's campaign, affordability is not only an ambition worthy of our great city, but a business imperative.
—Sally Susman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Ordinary members of the Communist Party helped make the US a more tolerant, more democratic society—and put pressure on liberals to dismantle barriers between people deemed worthy of government help and those who were not.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Entertaining is a discipline, one worthy of study, and this is its textbook.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The focus of Mamdani's campaign, affordability is not only an ambition worthy of our great city, but a business imperative.
—Sally Susman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Ordinary members of the Communist Party helped make the US a more tolerant, more democratic society—and put pressure on liberals to dismantle barriers between people deemed worthy of government help and those who were not.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Entertaining is a discipline, one worthy of study, and this is its textbook.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Worthy of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthy%20of. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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