for the world

idiom

informal

: for any reason

—used to make a statement more forceful

I wouldn't miss your wedding for the world.

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The gains for the world’s richest have already been immense. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024 Born August 26, 1912, Tinniswood had held the record for the world’s oldest living man since April 2024, following the death of 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez of Venezuela. —

Jack Guy, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024 By qualifying for this month’s 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore, the 18-year-old is already the youngest challenger to compete for the world title. —

Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024 Friction point: For New York's Paxos Trust, a white-label issuer of stablecoins, one of its most successful lines of business had been running a stablecoin (BUSD) with $12 billion in assets under management for the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. —

Brady Dale, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for for the world

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