worthy of

idiom

: good enough to have been written, said, done, or created by (someone, especially someone famous)
a symphony worthy of Mahler

Examples of worthy of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA who participated in the survey, said its findings are worthy of consideration. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 The passage of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and The Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 helped clarify that all students were entitled to and worthy of a public education. TIME, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for worthy of 

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“Worthy of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthy%20of. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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