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Recent Examples of freshen Similarly freshen the inside of whichever entrance those who live here use most often with hooks for coats and bags, a landing spot for things like mail and mugs, and a basket for shoes. Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025 Mercury in Gemini offers ideas to freshen your impact. Usa Today, USA Today, 25 May 2025 Read on to discover the best linen spray options to freshen your bedspread, wow overnight visitors, or even use to perk up your wardrobe staples pre-laundry day. Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025 Brooker cycles through the stock beats of the police narrative and freshens them all up using his wonderfully weird premise. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freshen
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  • Industry trade groups are lobbying Congress to reverse the Trump administration's proposal and restore the Office of Space Commerce's (OSC's) budget to this year's level of $65 million.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
  • Putin dreams of not only restoring the Russian empire but also becoming the master power of Europe.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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  • Instant classic duets, traditional story songs that felt refreshed and revived, plus crowds shrieking at heartthrobs and roars of approval at the celebration of traditional values of faith, family and freedom dominated the day.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Sheila Huff asked me to refresh her memories about old blues and jazz clubs.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Starbucks is bulking up staffing as Niccol pushes to revive sales in part by speeding up service.
    Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • Other small towns and villages across Italy have offered houses for as little as €1 to revive shrinking communities.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Top Kansas lawmakers renewed a massive incentive offer for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals on Monday, reaffirming their desire to poach one or both teams from Missouri.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
  • The dark comedy, which stars Gary Oldman as the head of a group of British intelligence agents, was renewed for Season 6 in October 2024.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 July 2025
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  • The partners spent a year and a half renovating the antiquated 5,500-square-foot space from top to bottom to create the ambiance of a welcoming Mediterranean island villa.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • In addition to the new sterile fly facilities, the USDA also announced $21 million plans to renovate an old fly factory in Mexico by late 2025.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 July 2025

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“Freshen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshen. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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