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wearing

[wair-ing] / ˈwɛər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
tiring
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Wearing the sticker turns voting into more than a tick in the tally.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

"Wearing clothing made of high-quality leather is a way of showing off one's special status," says Cheong.

From BBC • May 5, 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 ‘writer’ as his primary professional identity was a plot twist in Mahajan’s life — one he solidified in 2013, quitting other jobs to pursue an MFA in fiction at UT-Austin’s Michener Center for Writers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Wearing those clothes, I felt as if I had grown new hands and feet and I would now have to learn to walk in a new way.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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