worthwhile goal
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worthwhile
adjective
uk/ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl/us/ˌwɝːθˈwaɪl/
useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the ...
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goal
noun[C]
uk/ɡəʊl/us/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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(Definition ofworthwhileandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While aworthwhilegoal, it is often impossible to tease apart the etiology of multiple symptoms in late-stage cancer.
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Effective and appropriate prescribing with a value for money principle must be aworthwhilegoalthat we would all support.
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I said, too, that enfranchisement is the onlyworthwhilegoaland that there are no acceptable alternatives or fallback states.
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Tax neutrality is aworthwhilegoalat which to aim, but in today's fiscal conditions why not have an element of equity purchase too?
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Early success in reducing inflation, followed by substantial real reductions in direct taxation, hopefully, from 1980 onwards, would be a veryworthwhilegoal.
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To me, that is a noble andworthwhilegoal, but we can achieve it only by developing effective mechanisms for a common foreign policy.
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We are serving aworthwhilegoal, namely improved environmental protection.
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That is aworthwhilegoal.
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Moreover, and this is the main thing, these very propositions, maxims and values are the most important and worthwhile goals of every endeavor.
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Solving some of those problems is urgent and the good will and prayers of millions will be directed towards achieving those extremely worthwhile goals.
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They would be demoralised with no worthwhile goals, and the taxpayer and passenger would end up with a worse service at much greater cost.
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