refreshes

verb

present tense third-person singular of refresh
1
as in restores
to bring back to a former condition or vigor brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun

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2
as in eats
to take a meal we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing

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Recent Examples of refreshes The idea is less frozen-in-time theme hotel and more modern luxury resort, and the latest room refreshes and restaurant additions have gotten it almost there. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026 The airy design is easy to toss in the washing machine and instantly refreshes your bed without adding bulk. — Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026 Aldi refreshes its Aldi Finds selection each week with seasonal and limited-time products, including frozen foods, toys, cookware and holiday decor. — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 July 2026 The Mielle Organics Kalahari Melon and Aloe Vera Leave-in Conditioner detangles, hydrates, and refreshes hair all at once. — Claire West, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 The screen refreshes at anywhere between 30Hz and 120Hz, thanks to variable refresh support. — John Loeffler, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026 Clear 0-00 Gloss, which refreshes color without additional lift. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 16 July 2026 The smash will almost certainly add to that sum in a few days when Billboard refreshes its rosters. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Your 4th House of Home and Family refreshes as the New Moon encourages gentle improvements that protect comfort and support your sensitive system. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refreshes
  1. restores
  2. eats
  3. revives
  4. feeds
  5. recreates
  6. renews
  7. renovates
Verb
  • The ruling restores the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s authority to apply for roughly $240 million benefiting 140 service providers, even as Carter orders a review of agencies that could replace it.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Solius’s counter is that cutaneous production is self-regulating, avoids gastrointestinal absorption issues, and restores a biological process modern indoor life has largely eliminated.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of restores
Verb
  • Drake noted that the company’s traditional customer makes less than $100,000 a year — a cohort that has had less wiggle room in their wallets lately as the rising cost of living eats away at their disposable income.
    — Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Denise and the kids are horrified and have to leave quickly as the dinosaur eats what’s left of the devoted dad.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of eats
Verb
  • Today’s manosphere revives an old script Old, bad ideas do not simply fade away.
    — Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The filing revives questions surrounding the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s former Community Integrity Unit.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of revives
Verb
  • Faster detection The technology feeds into Crytica’s Rapid Detection, Alert, and Isolation system, known as RDAi.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Each data point feeds back into the road map, closing the loop from customer quote to feature to impact.
    — AJ Bubb, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeds
Verb
  • Digital artist Lily Belmira has created a free video game that recreates the environment of Michael Heizer’s monumental land art sculpture City, 1970–2022, in the Nevada desert.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Scully’s Lab set recreates Scully’s classroom lab at the FBI National Academy and includes a minifigure of Anderson’s character in her lab coat and scrubs.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recreates
Verb
  • At the moment, that’s determined by whether the Best Player at the recent World Cup won by his country Spain renews a contract which expires on June 30, 2027 at the Etihad or returns home to the Spanish capital by agreeing to join Real Madrid.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This amendment renews a sales tax that enables Missouri’s state parks to be free and that funds conservation programs.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of renews
Verb
  • One other bonus is that West Shore Home also installs flooring/doors and renovates bathrooms.
    — Jason Rueger, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Hartford resident Annette Gaynor, the owner of a business that renovates housing, has lived in the city for four decades, now owning a two-family house in the Blue Hills neighborhood.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of renovates

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