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Recent Examples of wear
Verb
Eilish was also joined on the red carpet by her brother and collaborator, Finneas, who wore a brown suit and button-down shirt underneath. Bailey Richards, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Vogue Shopping The insider’s guide to what to shop and how to wear it. Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
In terms of larger trends, though, crewneck cardigans were a hit in both menswear and women’s wear. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025 The knot cutout dress puts an alluring twist on evening wear. Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wear 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear
Verb
  • Hundreds of people are killed on the job every year in the United States.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Armen Sarkisyan, founder of the Ukrainian separatist group Arbat Battalion that fights for Russia, was killed in a grenade blast at an elite residential building in Moscow.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Yasmine Saad, a licensed clinical psychologist, notes that such patterns of behavior, when persistent, can erode family bonds.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Imposing unilateral tariffs on Canada and Mexico without exhausting legal remedies provided for under the USMCA erodes trust with key trading partners.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For dogs, the website recommends breeds that don't shed too often, aren't vocal, can tolerate being alone, need moderate exercise and are friendly to people.
    Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The point was to send a warning to every executive in the room, and everyone watching the livestream around the world, that any slight — real or imagined — against his base won’t be tolerated.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • How Rust Forms Rust is a type of corrosion that occurs on metal surfaces when iron (or iron-containing metals like steel) reacts with water and oxygen.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
  • One of the most famous examples of copper’s corrosion is the Statue of Liberty which, when gifted to the United States in 1885, arrived as a shining, shimmering, amber structure.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This is a complicated play to decipher in real-time, with all the issues Kapil addresses, and by the end of a second act that feels a bit too long, your brain might start to tire.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That process, however, could take up to 10 or 15 minutes, and sometimes, the dog never tired out and was brought back to the apartment without a good walk.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The trust that underpinned Maryland’s politics is fraying, weakened by the bad-faith accusations of our current governor against our former governor.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Elsewhere, there were talisman-esque adornments on shrunken and frayed knits.
    Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • All the Democratic presidents since Franklin Roosevelt put their stamp on the social safety net in ways that endure to this day: establishing and expanding Social Security, expanding access to health insurance, providing subsidies for food, and providing housing assistance.
    Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Their voices blend gloriously on this fresh yet stone-cold country rendering of the song, which highlights the enduring heritage of Latino country music.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What airline recently banned see-through clothing and ‘lewd’ body art?
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Indeed, the market for secondhand apparel is set to reach $350 billion globally by 2028, up from $264 billion this year and growing three times faster than the clothing market overall, according to a report by fashion resale website ThredUp.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025

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“Wear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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