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
Lemon can be used for everything from freshening bed linens to removing stains from clothes–including cleaning your microwave.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Bringing the Golden Bachelor and Bachelorette constants to the franchise’s most saucy series, Bachelor in Paradise, is certainly one way to freshen things up amid competition in the growing reality dating space from streaming hits like Love Is Blind or Love Island, to name only a couple.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
The baking soda will remove stains and freshen the dishwasher.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2025
There probably needs to be a clear out to freshen things up for both the players and the club.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Bringing the Golden Bachelor and Bachelorette constants to the franchise’s most saucy series, Bachelor in Paradise, is certainly one way to freshen things up amid competition in the growing reality dating space from streaming hits like Love Is Blind or Love Island, to name only a couple.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
The baking soda will remove stains and freshen the dishwasher.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2025
There probably needs to be a clear out to freshen things up for both the players and the club.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshen
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The council has spent months deliberating the budget and, most recently, decided to restore funding for a residential parking program, youth events and immigrant legal aid.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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The six-year, $20 million Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study laid the groundwork to reduce risks to public health and the economy, restore ecosystems and advance coastal resiliency.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Participants are assigned real projects, receive mentorship from senior leaders, and are offered training to refresh technical and soft skills.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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While sports bars have a mixed track record of late—Hooters filed for bankruptcy two months ago—investors have started showing heightened interest in refreshing the concept.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2025
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In recent years, critics like White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have revived the concept of reverse discrimination.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Her outfit not only revived a late ’90s Mugler design, but the little black dress also nodded to an ongoing trend of creative takes on the wardrobe staple.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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All American fans, consider this your two-minute warning: The CW has renewed its long-running football drama for an eighth — but final — season.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
2 June 2025
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If no new terms are agreed upon, the deal automatically renews for another three years—unless either side fails to meet its obligations.—
Marie Poteriaieva,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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For the season 6 villa, more than 50 locals worked with the show’s production designer to renovate an existing property in Fiji to transform it, per Today.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The hotel is a collaboration between hoteliers Amelie and Dominik Posch, Christina and Martin Spielmann, and South Tyrolean architect Martin Gruber, who decided to renovate a 1936 Alpine hut and transform it into a refuge for the soul and mind.—
Chiara Barzini,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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