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wear away











VERB
wear off
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As the sponge is used, small pieces of the foam gradually wear away.

From Science Daily Apr. 18, 2026

The instructions also included a request not to wear away team colours.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

It also neutralizes acids made by the bacteria that can wear away at your tooth enamel.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2023

This leads to uneven properties within rocks, Schwenzer says, so that when the rocks erode to the point they are on the planet’s surface and the wind whips against them, they don’t wear away evenly.

From Scientific American May 17, 2023

The words will wear away over time, but they’ll have been true.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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