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Recent Examples of worthiness
After proving worthiness and validating effectiveness, the prototype warheads departed Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, for Redstone Arsenal, where a live demonstration was conducted for Army leaders, as per the release.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Patients gain expert insight without letting an outdated system determine their worthiness.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
In recent years it's worked to modernize its collection system and has been attracting some customers with higher credit worthiness, according to company reports.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
If worthiness is defined only by mastery of texts, then the exams are sufficient.
—Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
But Mormonism is a high-demand, patriarchal religion, and the church’s obsession with Godly worthiness has only made the fixation on beauty flourish.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Since Fossil started releasing its special-edition ring watches — tapping everyone from Barbie to Nick Jonas and Disney for the task — people started falling in love with the adornments’ more playful side, not to mention mini-watches’ unisex wearability and gift-worthiness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Mar. 2026
This reflects a historical and fundamental societal disregard for Black children, particularly Black boys, as human beings — a society that does not extend to them the same presumption of childhood or worthiness of grace that is typically afforded to white children.
—Erika Strauss Chavarria, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Patients gain expert insight without letting an outdated system determine their worthiness.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
In recent years it's worked to modernize its collection system and has been attracting some customers with higher credit worthiness, according to company reports.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
If worthiness is defined only by mastery of texts, then the exams are sufficient.
—Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
But Mormonism is a high-demand, patriarchal religion, and the church’s obsession with Godly worthiness has only made the fixation on beauty flourish.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Since Fossil started releasing its special-edition ring watches — tapping everyone from Barbie to Nick Jonas and Disney for the task — people started falling in love with the adornments’ more playful side, not to mention mini-watches’ unisex wearability and gift-worthiness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Mar. 2026
This reflects a historical and fundamental societal disregard for Black children, particularly Black boys, as human beings — a society that does not extend to them the same presumption of childhood or worthiness of grace that is typically afforded to white children.
—Erika Strauss Chavarria, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthiness
Noun
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Though the value can be criticized, Love is immediately going to make Arizona’s offense exponentially better.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Under state law, the department should have gathered data on at least three comparable properties and their corresponding values, the report reads.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Against the backdrop of prison watchtowers and barbed wire, the day in Joliet featured three hours’ worth of pregame festivities, including 15 food trucks serving delicacies as quintessential as hot dogs and as unique as gourmet pasta in garlic bread cones.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Last year, those planes burned through about $50 million worth of jet fuel.—
Austin Amestoy,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Charles, who is well-known for his love of nature and the importance of sustainability, fed chickens in a coop together with the kids.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Through their applause and standing ovations, Democrats showed more support than many Republicans for the monarch’s remarks, particularly on the importance of NATO and environmental protection.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Teller first rose to fame with his role in the Divergent film trilogy, but gained critical acclaim for his role in Whiplash, which earned him various award nominations.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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The biopic chronicles Michael Jackson’s rise to fame, from his childhood years in the Jackson 5 during the 1960s to his emergence as the King of Pop and one of the world’s most recognizable entertainers before his death in 2009.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The list of substances Peters and his cohort ingest, inject, and smear on themselves is long and evergrowing, despite the very real risks that come along with them.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jackson, the youngest son, was found in a bathroom where deputies allegedly saw a black substance in the toilet.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Many pop stars mellow into stately eminence in middle age, as Madonna (temporarily) did in her late 30s with 1998’s Ray of Light.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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As this marks the first year in which TNT is actively trading on its subleased CFP package, the five-game slate naturally will be given a place of prominence during WBD’s May 13 upfront presentation.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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However, their rise to prominence has been a slow burn years in the making.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Not to underplay the seriousness of the situation, of course, but the suspect never made it inside.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Timberwolves gathered around DiVincenzo, recognizing the potential seriousness of his injury.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Worthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthiness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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