wears

present tense third-person singular of wear
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Recent Examples of wears First, Temi Otedola wears Christopher John Rogers to her legal wedding ceremony in Monaco. Essence, 8 Sep. 2025 In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In the photos, Adalyn wears a pink dress similar to the one her mother wore in her maternity shoot. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 Revenge wears a wry smile in this prickly comedy from Paul Weitz (the director of American Pie and About a Boy), as Fonda and Tomlin inhabit former best friends who reunite for a funeral. Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 His character, Mooney, wears checkered shirts and brown corduroy and drives a gold ’64 Chevy Nova. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 Roberts, who often wears custom Armani looks to premieres and award ceremonies, posted a picture of herself with the late designer on Instagram. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Lenker, in plaid, rubs her eyes; James Krivchenia leans forward, sparky and alert; Meek, outdoors in the Topanga sunshine, wears cycling glasses and a frowzy hat. Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025 One of the things that’s so surprising about the video is how well the makeup wears. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wears
Verb
  • The front row already included senior outside hitter Tenley Davis, a Loyola commit with a team-high 180 kills this season, and junior outside hitter Luca Bombacino, a Michigan commit with 170 kills.
    Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Novartis’s radioligand therapy targets mutations in tumors, delivering radiation only where it is needed, unlike ordinary radiotherapy which kills non-cancerous cells as well as cancerous ones.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If trust in the institution erodes this will have a negative effect on public life more generally, calling into question the impartiality of the justice system.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As cognitive capacity goes location-independent and costs plummet, the very logic for large, talent-dense firms erodes.
    Leslie Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Getty Images Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 265 pounds.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Someone else who walks over 28,000 steps a day and stands on their feet for long periods of time attested to the shoe’s durability.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.
    Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The idea of festivals just exhausts me.
    Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Calendula tolerates a light frost but not hard freezes.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Felicia tolerates other cats but would probably be better as the only fur baby in a home.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Today's their day for extra treats, belly rubs, and squirrel-chasing adventures at the park!
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The city's long-standing commitment to sustainable mobility endures even after last year's Olympics, where every event was easily accessible on foot, by bike, or by public transport.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • What endures is curiosity and, at least in this film, a lasting sense of wonder.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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