as in values
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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Recent Examples of worths
The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worths of $1 billion or more.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
When million-dollar net worths were rare, a $1 million home purchase felt like a clear signal of having made it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
All net worths were calculated as of March 1.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
However, the members’ net worths do differ a little based on their different brand deals.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 Feb. 2026
Announced just before the New Year, Sacks' move to Austin followed California’s proposed one-time 5% tax on individuals with net worths exceeding $1 billion.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Wealthier Americans have seen their net worths boosted by the strong stock market, wage gains and higher home values.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
People do napkin math at the dinner table using the latest funding announcements to calculate their friends’ net worths and fret about declining job offers to join Anthropic or OpenAI.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
This will involve taking on interest groups that thrive on complexity such as lawyers and bureaucratic jobs-worths.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
When million-dollar net worths were rare, a $1 million home purchase felt like a clear signal of having made it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
All net worths were calculated as of March 1.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
However, the members’ net worths do differ a little based on their different brand deals.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 Feb. 2026
Announced just before the New Year, Sacks' move to Austin followed California’s proposed one-time 5% tax on individuals with net worths exceeding $1 billion.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Wealthier Americans have seen their net worths boosted by the strong stock market, wage gains and higher home values.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
People do napkin math at the dinner table using the latest funding announcements to calculate their friends’ net worths and fret about declining job offers to join Anthropic or OpenAI.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
This will involve taking on interest groups that thrive on complexity such as lawyers and bureaucratic jobs-worths.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worths
values
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But the king said despite the fundamental disagreement between the countries, the United States inherited its democratic values from the United Kingdom.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then, to estimate climate impact, these EI values were plugged into DLR’s contrail and climate models (a contrail plume model and a global climate model).—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Worths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worths. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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