wearing
Americanadjective
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gradually impairing or wasting.
Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
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wearying or exhausting.
a wearing task.
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relating to or made for wear.
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Wearing a red feather headdress, Bepdjo told AFP of rising tensions with intruders in the Bau Indigenous Territory in Para state, four years after his people expelled almost 200 prospectors.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Wearing tight clothing does not allow the sweat from your body to properly evaporate, which is needed to cool you down.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Wearing outfits like her viral cheetah-print ensemble, Rinna skyrocketed to fan-favorite status during her tenure as a traitor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Wearing his dress uniform, polished black boots, and clean red sash, Lee rides forth.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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