as in rebuilding
to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)
They are refurbishing the old house. They sell refurbished computers.
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Recent Examples of refurbishing
That valve was transported to California for refurbishing.
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Stewart plans on refurbishing the building and adding community meeting spaces.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
These resolutions are a declaration of hope, an attempt at refreshing and refurbishing stale practices.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The money saved by refurbishing it and continuing to use it could then be put into the other state-of-the-art newer technology there, Connor said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
United did survey fans about a new stadium last year and stated that 52 per cent of the 50,000-plus season ticket holders, executive club members and members preferred a new build, compared with 31 per cent who supported refurbishing the existing stadium.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
That’s how artist Hadley Clark approaches reinventing and refurbishing textiles.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
According to the archdiocese, a parish employee discovered the potentially inappropriate websites while refurbishing the computer and reported the findings to the archdiocese's Pastoral Center, which is essentially the church's human resources department.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
The company is already refurbishing an EAF to melt the sponge iron and adding new conversion furnaces for downstream steelmaking, all designed to drop in once the hydrogen is flowing.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Logan Smith, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Stewart plans on refurbishing the building and adding community meeting spaces.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
These resolutions are a declaration of hope, an attempt at refreshing and refurbishing stale practices.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The money saved by refurbishing it and continuing to use it could then be put into the other state-of-the-art newer technology there, Connor said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
United did survey fans about a new stadium last year and stated that 52 per cent of the 50,000-plus season ticket holders, executive club members and members preferred a new build, compared with 31 per cent who supported refurbishing the existing stadium.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
That’s how artist Hadley Clark approaches reinventing and refurbishing textiles.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
According to the archdiocese, a parish employee discovered the potentially inappropriate websites while refurbishing the computer and reported the findings to the archdiocese's Pastoral Center, which is essentially the church's human resources department.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
The company is already refurbishing an EAF to melt the sponge iron and adding new conversion furnaces for downstream steelmaking, all designed to drop in once the hydrogen is flowing.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refurbishing
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That’s especially true on defense, where the Cowboys are tasked with rebuilding the league’s worst defense from a year ago.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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In any case, a new regime will have to gain support by rebuilding infrastructure that’s being destroyed.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Preservationists and architects counter that the building remains an important civic landmark and say repairing and modernizing it would protect a signature piece of Dallas architecture while avoiding the disruption and cost of abandoning the site.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Risk management Josh — Target spent most of the last year repairing a long downtrend, but the character of the chart has changed in the last few months.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Dollar Tree is in the midst of touching up about 3,000 locations and renovating more than 100, the company said.—
Bloomberg,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The most recent state budget includes $600 million for that commission to spend on building and renovating schools, with priority given to districts with lower property wealth per student.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Refurbishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refurbishing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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