Examples of breakage in a Sentence
The pots are transported carefully to reduce the risk of breakage.
The pots are transported carefully to reduce the number of breakages.
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At the first sign of breakage or fraying, your charging wire should be discarded and replaced.
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Janell M. Hickman-Kirby, Allure, 18 May 2026
Teams that built custom pipelines on raw model APIs now own every breakage.
—Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
At the first sign of breakage or fraying, your charging wire should be discarded and replaced.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 18 May 2026
That can show up as thinning, more shedding than usual, breakage, or a duller texture.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
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“Breakage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breakage. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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breakage
noun
break·age
ˈbrā-kij 
1
a
: the action of breaking
b
: a quantity broken
2
: an allowance for things broken
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