as in wear
the result of long and hard use
my favorite jeans finally succumbed to wear and tear and had to be replaced
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Recent Examples of wear and tear
Stronger muscles can reduce the stress and impact put on cartilage during daily activities, helping prevent further wear and tear.
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Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
That’s just from the wear and tear.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Ride Cadence Snowboard Boot But last season, due to general wear and tear, the metal cable of my laces started fraying.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of the California Design furniture examples that Ilse Ruocco offered for sale in 1950, now roughly 75 years old and showing plenty of vintage wear and tear, continue to enjoy extended lives in the hands of collectors, dealers and museums who value their significance and scarcity.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
That’s just from the wear and tear.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Ride Cadence Snowboard Boot But last season, due to general wear and tear, the metal cable of my laces started fraying.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of the California Design furniture examples that Ilse Ruocco offered for sale in 1950, now roughly 75 years old and showing plenty of vintage wear and tear, continue to enjoy extended lives in the hands of collectors, dealers and museums who value their significance and scarcity.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear and tear
wear
Noun
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In terms of date nights, Lovers’ Dew is charged and intimate, yet remains clean and congenial enough for workplace wear.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Delta has increased the number of employees who will wear-test the uniforms by 50 percent, as well as the length of time for wear-testing the uniforms by 50 percent.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Wear and tear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20and%20tear. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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