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spruced (up)

verb

past tense of spruce (up)
as in trimmed
to make neat hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up

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  1. trimmed
  2. organized
  3. arranged
Verb
  • Washington’s offense had started to find a rhythm and had just trimmed the Eagles’ lead to 17-16.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Chicago lost its fourth straight game and had its AL Central lead trimmed to one half game over Cleveland, which beat Minnesota 5-2.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Many of them traveled to Orlando for a workout-and-hang Hurts organized over the summer.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kids of mixed ages organized their own games and made up their own rules, while adults stayed mostly on the sidelines or stayed away entirely.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.
    — Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranged
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“Spruced (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruced%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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