worthies

noun

plural of worthy
as in dignitaries

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  1. dignitaries
  2. eminences
  3. notables
  4. monuments
  5. personages
  6. figures
  7. pillars
  8. luminaries
Noun
  • Trump has visited Mar-a-Lago and his hotel in Doral several times in the past year, hosting lavish parties attended by industry titans and foreign dignitaries.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • Senior Iranian officials attended the procession, as well as a number of foreign dignitaries.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 6 July 2026
Definition of dignitaries
Noun
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of eminences
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  • The cruise ship that capsized in Puerto Vallarta in 2021 and launched several gay notables into the sea.
    — JP Brammer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Other notables in the field include Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Russell Henley, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood, and Scotland’s own Robert MacIntyre.
    — Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of notables
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  • All over the globe, whether in distant seaports, capitals, mega-cities, villages, town squares, or central parks, prominent monuments to various individuals from history are featured.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Visitors can also learn about the cemetery’s historic monuments, artistic stone carvings and the preservation efforts that help protect the important cultural resource.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of monuments
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  • Eximious had a royal warrant, a seal of approval issued to those supplying goods to royal personages, from then-Prince Charles.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.
    — Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of personages
Noun
  • Roberts said his product would be less expensive on a per-square-foot basis than traditional construction but declined to cite figures because individual site conditions affect the overall cost.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The movie welcomes several major Hollywood figures, including Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin and Glenn Close.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of figures
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  • Still, the pieces of ceiling trim dedicated to the pillars of courage and trust remained missing, a nod perhaps to the traits most easily lost when disaster strikes – and most needed to rebuild.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The only way to preserve our republic is to strengthen the pillars of our present with the mortar of our past.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of pillars
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  • Workers at Kings Road Merch—which acts as a supplier for punk luminaries including Rancid, Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, and Converge—had unanimously voted to unionize on May 11 this year, citing pay discrepancies and unfair contracts.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
  • In the wake of the original trilogy, Raimi and Campbell became horror movie luminaries and Campbell’s chainsaw-wielding and boomstick slinging Ash Williams transformed into an antihero icon.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of luminaries
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