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
Managers tell me their best people are anxious, withdrawn or just worn out.
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Suzy Welch, CNBC, 17 June 2025
That coalition, though, has apparently worn out its usefulness to Miller.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 10 June 2025
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.
—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
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Suzy Welch, CNBC, 17 June 2025
That coalition, though, has apparently worn out its usefulness to Miller.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 10 June 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear out
Verb
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The deceased woman was also wearing a black necklace with a cross that family said belonged to DiNapoli, according to court documents.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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The bride wore a guipure high-neck lace gown embellished with crystals and complete with a nine-foot-long train.—
Sarah Title,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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In that incident, a rooftop gunman fired at Trump from roughly 150 yards away, grazing his right ear and killing one attendee, Corey Comperatore, before Secret Service agents shot the attacker dead.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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The legislation didn’t kill Biden-era tax credits for manufacturers, as some had feared.—
Aarian Marshall,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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Runs in them were short, quick bursts, relishing the feeling of power transferring through my feet but being careful not to tire and start clunking.—
Jonathan Beverly,
Outside Online,
23 June 2025
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During the first few weeks after surgery, your eyelids are likely to tire faster than usual.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 June 2025
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While others exhaust themselves and their budgets staying open for ghosts and insomniacs, smart operators perfect their performance when the audience is there.—
Elie Y. Katz,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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According to a report released by Social Security trustees last month, once the trust fund is exhausted, payroll taxes would only be sufficient to cover about 77 percent of scheduled benefits.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The Army Corps’ solution was to take a meandering 103-mile river that snaked through one of the wildest areas in the state, drain it, and carve it into a ruler-straight, 56-mile 30-foot-deep canal dubbed the C-38 — not exactly fodder for the tourism board.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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In such situations, when a client has the resources and the inclination to go round after round, small municipalities have to decide whether to settle or stand on principle, draining their budget.—
Andrew Rice,
Curbed,
26 June 2025
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Meetings become performative, projects lose momentum, and eventually, top performers burn out or disengage.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Don’t burn out chasing every flicker of inspiration.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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“Wear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20out. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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