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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smartened (up)
dressed up
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In the snap, taken the previous Halloween, Beyoncé dressed up as Lisa Bonet, and the toddlers twinned in colorful onesies, an homage to an old photo of the actress with daughter Zoë Kravitz.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Double down on grievance, where the loudest victim holds the most influence and even violence can be dressed up as virtue.—
Jonathan Alpert,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Smartened (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smartened%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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