Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wore (away)
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The author also criticized a method of averaging results that washed out other temperature features, such as the medieval warming period.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
But this will result in the bright yellow leaves being over exposed and washed out.—
Mike De Sisti,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Managers heard directly how decisions had eroded loyalty.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Chinese policymakers have intensified efforts aimed at reining in excessive price cuts that have eroded corporate profits while doing little to spur demand.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Critics argue that Lee's response to the Hortman killings—promoting misinformation and making partisan jabs—undermined attempts to build a bipartisan consensus against political violence.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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While North Korea has served as a geopolitical buffer against the US and its allies in East Asia, its pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has undermined regional security and handed Washington a justification to expand its military presence on China’s doorstep.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, as online sleuths scoured photos of Trump for evidence of any frailty, the political scientist Ian Bremmer pointed out that obsessive scrutiny of a leader’s health is a hallmark of authoritarian countries.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, Murphy had help, as her two friends scoured the area by her side (iPhone flashlights in hand).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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But the relations have deteriorated significantly since the start of the war in Gaza, with Israeli officials voicing growing anger at Qatar, accusing the government of harboring Hamas and not putting enough pressure on it to agree to a ceasefire.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Republican president returned to office in January promising to reinvigorate relations with Netanyahu that had deteriorated under his Democratic predecessor.—
Gram Slattery,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Childhood illnesses had severely weakened her own heart.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the legal safeguards against such encounters have weakened.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Wore (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore%20%28away%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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