Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smartening
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Try a low stakes upgrade by brightening your profile photo, helping a simple hello travel farther right now.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026 -
With a steadily brightening Sun, when does the Earth either get too hot or too CO2-starved for the base of the food chain to survive?—
Scott K. Johnson,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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Neither does freshening with sprays or perfumed products like dryer sheets.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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Health aside, an air purifier can also make your space smell better by eliminating cooking smells and freshening the air, all while subtly boosting your design scheme, like the sleek and powerful Coway Airmega that’s our top overall pick.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
27 Jan. 2026
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Each version of the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop has the new Qualcomm Hexagon NPU on board, offering up to 80 TOPS of local AI performance for beautifying webcams, cleaning up audio, or performing local text and image generation.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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As someone who enjoys gardening and beautifying my yard, one thing that always dampens my mood is the sight of weeds.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Standing 566 feet high and crowned with a five-story ceramic cross, the central Tower of Jesus Christ is the highest of 18 adorning the Sagrada Família, a bucket-list item for most travelers to the city in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region.—
Claudio Lavanga,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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Kansas Citians are feeding into the excitement with events, decorations and more adorning the city.—
Zuri Primos
June 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
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As human activities such as fossil-fuel burning release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, air in the Midwest is becoming more saturated with humidity, a key ingredient of strong thunderstorms that can produce tornadoes.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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The funds would come from the Commodity Credit Corporation, a funding initiative through the federal agency, and would go toward tracing, surveying and trapping response programs for the next three years.—
Lizzie Kane
June 18,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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Furniture From Only One Store Opting to furnish your living room with pieces from only one store or vendor may seem like an easy solution when decorating.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
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Other Décor Mistakes While designers agree that a catalog-style room is one of the biggest decorating pitfalls, there are a few other details that can have a similar effect.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
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“Smartening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smartening. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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