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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
That doesn’t include October’s Hurricane Milton, which battered the area, blowing the Teflon roof off the Trop and causing what the city of St. Petersburg has estimated as $55.7 million worth of reconstructive damages.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the company sold more than half a billion dollars’ worth of Poppis.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Travelers are surprised that the duffel can hold almost a week’s worth of clothing on its own and relieved that the 19-inch spinner fits seamlessly into the overhead bin every time, even on budget airlines.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
Cannon-Brookes has a net worth of $13.9 billion according to Forbes' real-time data.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the company sold more than half a billion dollars’ worth of Poppis.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Travelers are surprised that the duffel can hold almost a week’s worth of clothing on its own and relieved that the 19-inch spinner fits seamlessly into the overhead bin every time, even on budget airlines.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
Cannon-Brookes has a net worth of $13.9 billion according to Forbes' real-time data.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worth
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Wherever the original source of the incorrect headline came from, it was amplified by trusted sources in financial news, creating a very expensive lesson in the value of accurate and reliable reporting.—
Hadas Gold and Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, the compounded value of correct predictions in later rounds, particularly the Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship, amplified the separation in weighted performance.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Harden delayed a vote last week that would have opened the door for a borrowing plan to allow CPS to absorb the costs of the underfunded pension fund for municipal workers, mostly CPS employees.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Having an emergency fund prevents the need to use credit cards for these costs, which can increase debt if not paid off quickly due to interest.—
Víctor Rosario,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Peer learning and mentorship can provide insights into best practices for wealth accumulation.—
Meredith Moore,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For decades, real estate has been heralded as the gold standard of wealth building in the Black community.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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The company’s share price increased about 1 percent in early trading.—
Eli Tan,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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This can include political corruption in the form of transferring valuable public land and assets into private hands at an artificially low price, all under the guise of raising money for the government.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such efforts can help strengthen the protection of digital assets and customer data while addressing the evolving demands of API security.—
Michael Nicosia,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Data protection of organizations’ digital assets and consumer information is one of the critical areas where such collaboration is essential, especially as consumers place more emphasis on their personal data security.—
Michael Nicosia,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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That was the largest purse in Masters history, and the pool of money has always stayed the same or increased, Today’s Golfer reports.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2025
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While many like to lean towards the negative in today’s age, complaining about how schools are buying their players with NIL money and how the college programs with the most money have eliminated the potential of any cinderella teams, the fact is this -- March Madness is still exciting.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Born in China, Wang built his fortune with Bitcoin mining pools.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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While still the world's richest man by a lot at about $3.83 billion as of April 2, ahead of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Forbes reported that Musk's fortune dropped about $121 billion from December to the end of March; however, recent upticks in Tesla's stock price have salvaged his net worth.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had dominated the capital for most of the war, with the Sudanese army forced to set up a wartime hub at Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
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In Arkansas, a 5-year-old was killed Saturday by storms in the capital of Little Rock.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Worth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worth. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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