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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spruced
Verb
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And thousands of New Yorkers have been tricked and trapped, and taken here.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026 -
Prosecutors further alleged Michael was tricked by O’Donnell into going to a vacant home in Kentucky for HVAC repairs on September 19, 2022, according to KCRA.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Joao Pedro has improved in that role throughout the season, but having other physically strong attackers return from injury will be important.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Smartphone cameras have improved dramatically over the past decade, but the moment of capture still remains surprisingly difficult.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The cap-sleeve, V-neck dress was embellished with gold sequins that contoured the body, and Amal carried over the theme to her accessories, adding a pair of pointy-toe pumps, a bracelet, earrings, and a clutch.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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The show was named after one of these ships, The Terror (the second was The Erebus) and it’s all based on a true story, though wildly embellished both out of necessity and for entertainment purposes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Yet Netflix still withholds crucial details about who receives this data, how identities are stitched and enriched, and how household-level projections power its ad-targeting reach.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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There’s still fissile material, highly enriched, that was not there at the beginning of his first term.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Since then the institutions of American aging have reproduced rather than ameliorated the inequalities and injustices of the wider American economy.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated.—
Mike Hirschberg,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Spruced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruced. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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