as in restores
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 freshens
Each diffuser implements innovative dry air technology that freshens approximately 800 square feet, and each cartridge lasts approximately 300 hours.
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
And the fact that Melissa Broder, of Milk-Fed, freshens this edition in a new forward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
And the fact that Melissa Broder, of Milk-Fed, freshens this edition in a new forward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshens
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This restores a sense of control.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Keeping to your compass heading restores balance.—
Glenn Kurlander,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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The list refreshes every 15 minutes and is growing hour by hour.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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On Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, winter storms arrive with remarkable regularity, delivering light, dry snowfall that refreshes the mountain again and again throughout the season.—
Bailey Berg,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
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The combination of the formula's acidic component, which dissolves stains and the mild abrasive, which lifts the texture, effectively revives old cookware.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump revives campaign pledge to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, potentially saving Americans billions.—
Ken Sweet,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Each collision recreates conditions not seen since microseconds after the Big Bang—a testbed for theories about how matter itself is built.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Each episode recreates scenes and moments from 1776 on their 250th anniversaries—reframing the Revolution not as a foregone conclusion but as a fragile experiment shaped by those who fought for it.—
TIME PR,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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This Saturday renews the appointment TV energies.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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The promise of technological horror inception is on the horizon as Netflix renews Black Mirror for Season Eight.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Jan. 2026
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The company installs, renovates, maintains, repairs and replaces heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, monitoring, fire protection and other systems.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Camping World Stadium will be their home in 2027 while Jacksonville renovates EverBank Field.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Freshens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshens. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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