as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Recent Examples of wear out
Amortization is an accounting principle meant to assess a decline in value over time, like its cousin depreciation, which is meant to account for physical assets wearing out, such as machinery.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Too much laundering can wear out, fade, or shrink fabrics before their time.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The Bose QuietComfort Headphones are $100 off and make noisy commutes disappear with top-tier ANC and rich, customizable audio that won’t wear out your ears.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Plus, this Lands’ End one, along with this racerback style, could be worn out of the pool, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 7 June 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Too much laundering can wear out, fade, or shrink fabrics before their time.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The Bose QuietComfort Headphones are $100 off and make noisy commutes disappear with top-tier ANC and rich, customizable audio that won’t wear out your ears.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Plus, this Lands’ End one, along with this racerback style, could be worn out of the pool, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear out
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Everybody at Berkeley was wearing those kind of hippie-dippie sandals, but these are a little chicer.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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Devers, who often wears his emotions on sleeve, offered only a straightforward answer.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Some residents cited New Orleans’ resilience during tough times – think Hurricane Katrina or after 14 were killed this year after a man drove a speeding truck into New Year’s Day revelers on Bourbon Street – and took it in stride.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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After the Challenger disaster in 1986, when a space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members, public support for NASA plummeted.—
Avery Padraic Kerrigan,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Incoming waves in rapid succession can tire even an experienced swimmer quickly.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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The bucket full of cleaning products includes glass cleaning wipes, an interior detailer spray, a car wash and wax for the exterior, wheel and tire cleaner and microfiber cleaning cloths.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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In the new workplace, don’t exhaust yourself to win over everyone.—
Naira Velumyan,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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If Southern California Edison equipment is found to have sparked the blaze on Jan. 7, as dozens of lawsuits allege, the damage claims could quickly exhaust the state’s $21-billion wildfire fund.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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Why Culture Matters Toxic culture can drain performance, producing distrust, low creativity and high turnover.—
Chris Williams,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The funds were drained from platform wallets into addresses bearing anti-government messages explicitly referencing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, pointing to a politically motivated cyberattack, Elliptic said.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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Workers, meanwhile, may be burned out by the job search or worried about the economy and want to return to familiar territory, Richardson says.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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The last remnants of the Ken Holland era burned out Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla., just as dusk arrived in the city of Edmonton. Contracts for Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard will be top priority, and the postseason has exposed some areas of weakness.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Wear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20out. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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