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
This light color freshens a space with an easy-going breezy quality.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 May 2026
Grinding ice cubes with coarse salt helps break up buildup, while a handful of citrus peels freshens the scent.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Nothing freshens a room up quite like sparkling baseboards and walls.
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Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
7 Apr. 2026
Tips for Repotting African Violets Repotting African violets freshens their soil, prevents leggy stems, and encourages flowering.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2026
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.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 May 2026
Grinding ice cubes with coarse salt helps break up buildup, while a handful of citrus peels freshens the scent.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Nothing freshens a room up quite like sparkling baseboards and walls.
—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
7 Apr. 2026
Tips for Repotting African Violets Repotting African violets freshens their soil, prevents leggy stems, and encourages flowering.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2026
Each diffuser implements innovative dry air technology that freshens approximately 800 square feet, and each cartridge lasts approximately 300 hours.
—
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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What the collection restores is the density and texture that caricature could strip away.
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Moving through your available range of motion repeatedly — rather than holding a stretch — restores that blood flow and primes your joints for the activation exercises that follow.
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L’Oréal Paris Lumi Glotion Shoppers with sensitive skin love how the lightweight formula refreshes their appearance without clogging pores.
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Your 4th House of Home and Family refreshes as the New Moon encourages gentle improvements that protect comfort and support your sensitive system.
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The measure revives a 2022 phaseout that was thrown out by a judge.
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There will not be a quick turnaround that revives sustainability reporting.
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Corden’s mum and dad are also in attendance for the show, and both take part in the final segment, which recreates a moment from the day’s events.
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Both are drawn from Spanish auteurist designer Jaime Hayon’s arresting sense of design – a protagonist with a beak nose, shiny colors, an avoidance of sharp angles – which recreates over a century of Spanish design and architecture.
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Your 12th House of Rest and Reflection opens wider as Jupiter arrives, expanding your inner world and asking for generous rest that renews focus.
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Trump added that oil exports from Iran could once again be bottlenecked at the Strait of Hormuz if the United States renews military strikes on Iran.
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Brooke touches upon the topic with her partner on the show, HGTV's Scott McGillivray, while the pair renovates different spaces in a Las Vegas home as part of the competition.
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Nazuna For a smaller-scale option, check out Nazuna, which renovates traditional homes and runs them as small ryokan (traditional inns) or private villas.
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“Freshens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshens. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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