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cosmeticize

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Definition of cosmeticize

as in to spruce

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If your outdoor space has been looking a little tired from the summer sun and storms, consider this your sign to spruce things up before the next season is in full swing.

— Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
Prince Harry even spruced the place up to Meghan’s liking while the couple was dating, per People, and proposed to her in the walled garden outside of the cottage in 2017.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 June 2026

Definition of spruce

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Parties that likely would support Eisenkot have vowed to improve Israel's international standing and work to conscript ultra-Orthodox men while bolstering the independence of the judiciary.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Such a process could potentially improve lithium recovery from underground brines while reducing the chemical demands of conventional separation methods.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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The hurricane center’s forecast model, the Global Forecast System, has also been souped up to provide hourly guidance to meteorologists up to five days out.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
It had been conceived by one Trevor and souped up by another, both of them newcomers and one not even an official member.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026

Definition of soup up

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Hanging out was one thing, but the group also wanted to doll up the Potter franchise’s Ron Weasley.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026
And Millie Bobby Brown echoed a similar sentiment on her story, sharing Hottle's memorable shot holding a handmade King Kong doll up to the giant ape.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of doll up

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As is the custom, millions of children in the United States will be out in the streets this Halloween to trick-or-treat, decked out in costumes.

— Muizz Akhtar, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026
Recommended by Our Editors Others have reported hackers trying to trick users into installing malware through the troubleshooting section on KytyPS5's GitHub page.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of trick

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Galland embellished his ghouls with new characteristics not found in the original Arabic, chiefly the macabre practice of digging up graves to feast on human flesh.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
George Lutz rejected the suggestion that the entire experience was fabricated and continued to maintain that his family had encountered unexplained phenomena in the house, although some details of the story were embellished over time.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of embellish

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