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as in value
the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities
money alone cannot determine the true worth of some things
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as in cost
the amount of money for which something will find a buyer
one surefire way to determine the actual worth of a painting is to sell it at auction
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as in wealth
the total of one's money and property
the entrepreneur's worth is well over 100 million dollars
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Recent Examples of worth
Krispy Kreme has since sold off its stake, a transaction that valued the business at $350 million in total enterprise value—about double the worth at the acquisition.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Get Inside Wealth directly to your inbox The Inside Wealth newsletter by Robert Frank is your weekly guide to high-net-worth investors and the industries that serve them.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Elon Musk’s firms, including SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI, took his net worth briefly above $500 billion, making him — for a time — the world’s first half-trillionaire.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
His net worth was $52 million as of September 2024, according to Forbes.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Get Inside Wealth directly to your inbox The Inside Wealth newsletter by Robert Frank is your weekly guide to high-net-worth investors and the industries that serve them.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Elon Musk’s firms, including SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI, took his net worth briefly above $500 billion, making him — for a time — the world’s first half-trillionaire.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
His net worth was $52 million as of September 2024, according to Forbes.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worth
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The company decreased total water use across its operations and value chain by 32 percent from its fiscal 2020 baseline.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Stewardship speaking, the organization’s total water usage, across its operations and value chain, dropped 32 percent against the 2020 baseline—some 12 percent above and beyond the 20 percent reduction goal.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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People would be wise to consider the ever-increasing cost of homes in the area before selling their property due to immigration enforcement fears, Gonzalez said.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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This is the cost of having been tortured in public.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Without competent economic statecraft and public policy, Africa’s private sector cannot create wealth for more than a handful of elite entrepreneurs.—
Kingsley Moghalu,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Supplies are limited, and at this price, codes won’t last long.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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She's paid a very high price already.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Stock futures pointed to a downbeat open on Wednesday as traders assessed the ramifications of a government shutdown, with Wall Street perhaps looking to other assets for safety — including bitcoin.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trusted by organizations such as the Australian Open and Premier Padel, Pendular combines cutting-edge technology with sports expertise to help clients maximize the value of their media assets efficiently and at scale.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Is intuitive budgeting effective for saving money?—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, though, their fortunes changed.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Unless good fortune comes its way, preseason games might be as close as Quebec City gets to NHL games.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors argued that Rocha knowingly and deliberately shot and killed Vasquez on July 19, 2022, in the closing arguments of the capital murder trial for Rocha.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Worth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worth. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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