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Recent Examples of worthiness
The wellness leader has a three-step method that emphasizes clarity, worthiness, and taking action.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Worrying for France, Fitch's latest appraisal of France's credit-worthiness was the first of several rating reviews on the horizon.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
The agency announced the penalty Friday, citing a 2024 midair emergency and failures to meet aircraft worthiness inspections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
Villa Dora, for example, presents ‘Vigna del Vulcano’, another Lacryma Christi white wine and demonstrates impressive age worthiness.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Manufacturing standards for air worthiness were developed.
—Anand Rao, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
The current arms-race dynamic means [the AI companies] cannot even think about worthiness.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2025
But novels don’t need to prove their worthiness through their ability to cheer us up.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Worrying for France, Fitch's latest appraisal of France's credit-worthiness was the first of several rating reviews on the horizon.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
The agency announced the penalty Friday, citing a 2024 midair emergency and failures to meet aircraft worthiness inspections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
Villa Dora, for example, presents ‘Vigna del Vulcano’, another Lacryma Christi white wine and demonstrates impressive age worthiness.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Manufacturing standards for air worthiness were developed.
—Anand Rao, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
The current arms-race dynamic means [the AI companies] cannot even think about worthiness.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2025
But novels don’t need to prove their worthiness through their ability to cheer us up.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthiness
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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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The buoyant stock market is propping up the net worth of the wealthy, fueling their own spending, which in turn has helped propel economic growth, Roach at LPL Financial said.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Gen Xers ages 45 to 54 had a median net worth of about $247,000 in 2022, according to the federal Survey of Consumer Finances.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Opinion journalism, at its best, helps people think more deeply about issues of local importance.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the song’s undulating, fluid melodies, Kali and Mariah trade verses about the importance of loyalty in love, all while maintaining their own otherworldly vocals in the process.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Inspired by real riders, biker gangs, and based on true events that David Mann encountered throughout his life as a rider, Mann was alive to reap the benefits of his fame, something rarely afforded to many artists.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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By his own admission, the combination of sudden fame and heavy drinking nearly ended his career.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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Ellis died at age 39 from heart failure due to alcohol withdrawal syndrome following an ongoing struggle with substance abuse.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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Often sensational in tone and light on substance, these reports typically allege that a company has misstated its financial condition, overstated business prospects, or engaged in improper practices.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Hall plays Rosenkrantz and Ben Whishaw plays Hujar, who offers a detailed account of his previous day’s activity, involving such idiosyncratic eminences as Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg—and the sorts of gamesmanship and intimate tensions that ensnare and frustrate artistic energies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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So far, the response has been strikingly muted given the eminence of the signatories.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Still, Preller is perhaps the man most responsible for elevating a previously sleepy franchise into a position of national prominence and regular playoff appearances.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Trump also gave new prominence to a personal sentiment that children may be receiving too many vaccines and questioned the need for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.—
Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Saturn’s shift back into your sign back on the 1st will have added a layer of seriousness to this whole process, urging you to take responsibility for your path and your patterns.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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This is a testament to the passion and seriousness with which so many professors approach their work as teachers (and, also, to the genuine curiosity and ambition of their students).—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Worthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthiness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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