wore (away)

Definition of wore (away)next
past tense of wear (away)

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Verb
  • The United Nations said in 1989 if global warming wasn’t stopped by 2000, entire nations could be washed out by rising seas.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • Momentum is neither extended nor washed out, which is actually fine at the early stage of a breakout retest.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The new feature comes amid consternation from website operators and creators that Google’s AI summaries have eroded the volume of referral traffic coming from the search portal.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Equipped with a sophisticated suite of instruments, the probe was designed to study the Martian atmosphere to learn more about how it is eroded, or blown away and thinned out by particles in the solar wind.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • The same circadian system that morning sunlight activates can be reinforced or undermined by what’s screwed into your lamps for the next 14 hours.
    Allison Palmer June 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • Spain’s success over the past five years has undermined many long-standing political-economic truisms.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • How officials investigated the scene Police said that the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, alongside the Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations, scoured the sewer systems for any evidence.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • For months, the casting directors pored over hundreds of tapes and scoured social media and talent agencies to find their version of the Kennedy scion.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • Fertilizer affordability has deteriorated to levels not seen since the Arab Spring.
    John W.H. Denton AO, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • By the time Asher, 3 years old at the time, was admitted to a children's hospital for a second time, his condition had significantly deteriorated.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Remsing, meanwhile, said that commodity-sensitive currencies like the Norwegian krone, Australian dollar and Brazilian real have also trended strongly as the de-dollarization theme petered out and the euro was weakened by the war.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • That's because some jurisdictions weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 4 June 2026
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“Wore (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore%20%28away%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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