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Recent Examples of polish off
But don’t skip out on a versatile Chunky Metal black belt that won’t take up much room in your suitcase and will polish off any travel look.
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Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
As Strowman polished off his last plate, Olvera mentioned dessert options, to no avail.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The Red Sox still have 10 games to play and can polish off a series win against the Athletics on Thursday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
After polishing off my half-sandwich, egg and pickle spear, the espresso martini gives me license to linger and read.
—David Allen, Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
As Strowman polished off his last plate, Olvera mentioned dessert options, to no avail.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The Red Sox still have 10 games to play and can polish off a series win against the Athletics on Thursday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
After polishing off my half-sandwich, egg and pickle spear, the espresso martini gives me license to linger and read.
—David Allen, Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polish off
Verb
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Before the final game of the 2022 season, manager Alex Cora said the outfielder’s name before a reporter could even finish asking which of his players most needed to take a leap forward the following year.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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An electric current charged the air as two puzzlers raced to finish first.—
Lia Picard,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Chestnut has won 17 of the last 19 events, setting a record in 2021 after wolfing down 76 hot dogs and buns.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The funny video showed the bulldog grabbing an entire bar out of Peeters' hand and wolfing it down in one bite.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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Commit to putting away only the laundry, say, not cleaning the entire room.—
Julianna Chen,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Porter made two early shots in the second half before his critical stretch put away the Cardinals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Hearing that more-than-one-hour-long chewing episode recorded on the biologger left me astonished.—
Leonie Baier,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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That acceleration suggests that rising costs are chewing through retirement savings at a faster clip than in previous years.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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