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frayed

[freyd] / freɪd /






ADJECTIVE
shopworn
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The report may have smoothed over some frayed nerves about artificial intelligence coming for jobs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

There are absolutely weeks where I can barely make it through one fluorescent-lit supermarket run without feeling emotionally frayed and financially humbled by the price of olive oil.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Musk, the onetime “First Buddy,” appeared to have re-entered the president’s inner circle, less than a year after their relationship appeared to have frayed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri sought to calm frayed nerves, insisting there was no fuel shortage.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I crouched to unknot my frayed, triple-knotted laces.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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