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freshen

verb

ˈfre-shən How to pronounce freshen (audio)
Definition of freshennext
as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor cool glasses of lemonade freshened us after a day of hard work outside

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Recent Examples of freshen The Tucson was substantially freshened for 2025 so 2026 is largely a carryover year. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The district leveled out the gopher holes to ensure a safer environment for students to play and resodded and reseeded the grass to freshen it up for the fall. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 These aromatherapy inhalers are perfect for freshening your immediate air. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026 The appearance of a stale passing game could always be freshened, sure, but even that’s rooted in what is more obviously a stale running game. — Sam McDowell 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for freshen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshen
  1. restore
  2. refresh
  3. revive
  4. renew
  5. renovate
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  • The latest shutoffs came hours after PG&E restored electricity to all customers affected by a previous round of outages over the weekend.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The bill would restore the NCAA’s one-time transfer exception, which lasted only from 2021 to 2023 before a judge blocked it.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of restore
Verb
  • What better way to feel refreshed than by singing and dancing to your favorite songs?
    — Rudi Greenberg, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Home Depot Patio Furniture Labor Day Sales If your patio furniture got plenty of love this summer, take The Home Depot’s end-of-season sale as a prime opportunity to refresh ahead of next year.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of refresh
Verb
  • By 2016, Kanarek, who was then living in Greensboro, North Carolina, with Goodwin, a contractor, had revived a childhood enthusiasm for riding and taken up dressage.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Omarzai scored an unbeaten half-century – his second in T20s – and put on 83 runs with Nabi to revive the innings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of revive
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  • Policies renew, claims get handled, and leadership moves on to more immediate financial priorities.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • As the rapid development of artificial intelligence sparks renewed debate about its risks, the United States and China keep racing to build increasingly powerful models.
    — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of renew
Verb
  • During the first half, Golden Goose opened stores in Athens, Rome and Istanbul, and renovated its Beijing Taikoo-Li South unit.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a series of clients booked him to renovate the kitchens and bathrooms of high-end Manhattan apartments, and Krohn used his free time to restore his own Clinton Hill brownstone a few blocks away on Dekalb Avenue.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of renovate

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“Freshen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshen. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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