1
as in kills
to use up all the physical energy of
the job of running their own business wears them sometimes
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2
as in erodes
to damage or diminish by continued friction
all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly
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3
as in stands
British
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it
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Recent Examples of wears
The 3-foot animatronic skeleton wears purple and orange headphones, gloves and sneakers.
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Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Leslie Mann is a cool mom who wears even cooler clothes.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Elsbeth only wears one costume!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
There are times when Black Phone 2 wears its stylistic influences — including not only the Nightmare on Elm Street films but many other horror movies from the ‘80s — too heavily on its sleeve.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
But those loved by Amal and co-signed by the likes of Dakota Johnson (who wears hers with loafers) represent the perfect hybrid between the skinny and straight cut.
—Michel Mejía, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Shot on 35 mm and Super 8, the movie stars Caitlin Acken Taylor (Pistol), Georgia Acken (The Sacrifice Game), Amber Dandelion, John Luna and Vivian Vanderpuss (RuPaul’s Drag Race) who also designed and wears the hair monster costume.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Leslie Mann is a cool mom who wears even cooler clothes.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Elsbeth only wears one costume!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
There are times when Black Phone 2 wears its stylistic influences — including not only the Nightmare on Elm Street films but many other horror movies from the ‘80s — too heavily on its sleeve.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
But those loved by Amal and co-signed by the likes of Dakota Johnson (who wears hers with loafers) represent the perfect hybrid between the skinny and straight cut.
—Michel Mejía, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Shot on 35 mm and Super 8, the movie stars Caitlin Acken Taylor (Pistol), Georgia Acken (The Sacrifice Game), Amber Dandelion, John Luna and Vivian Vanderpuss (RuPaul’s Drag Race) who also designed and wears the hair monster costume.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wears
Verb
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Echinacea is not an antibiotic that directly kills pathogens.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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That starts a chain reaction of polymerization that ultimately kills the cell.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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When people stop looking for work, unemployment improves on paper even as productive capacity erodes in reality.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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When trust erodes, so does civic life.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dante Moore stands a fine chance of bouncing back this week against a pass defense that ranks 122nd in the United States and is allowing more than 280 passing yards per game.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gundogan stands alone as the player who was instrumental in helping crystallise both men’s visions.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nothing, not even the slog of a miles long backcountry ski, exhausts me like chugging upward on two wheels.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
15 Oct. 2025
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Conjuring the troubled inner life of a young, beautiful and successful Buenos Aires fashion designer with an uncommon mix of stylistic rigor and feeling, the film frays your nerves.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Santa Barbara daisy, which is actually native to Mexico and Central America, is meant not only for sunny garden, block wall, or walkway border planting, but tolerates a fair dose of shade as well as poor soil and drought.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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For such a popular restaurant, Matsuri tolerates a lot of flies, unwashed walls and substandard handwashing, as detailed in a Miami Herald story this week on last week’s inspection.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The video shows the pup lounging around in various positions in a home setting, from asleep on the floor and over a blanket to playing with a dog toy and lying on the floor with her legs in the air as a hand rubs her belly.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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For a deeper dive into DeRose-Broeckert’s findings about how deer perceive scrapes and rubs, head over to NDA.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Wears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wears. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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