as in trimmed
to make neat
hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE trimmed their holdings of US Treasurys in March by nearly $17 billion, as the Iran conflict hit crude exports, their key source of dollar income.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026 -
Some limbs were trimmed from the large trees that provide shade.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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This clutch hits the mark, with a spacious main compartment and two interior card slots to keep everything organized.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Two new literary awards, Books of Freedom by Freedom Letters, and Dar, organized by writer Mikhail Shishkin, have been launched explicitly to honor Russian-language books that cannot be published in Russia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Food and drinks were arranged for attendees to grab as the video played.—
Reeti Malhotra
May 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Outside the meeting rooms sat three national championship trophies – Indiana football, UCLA women’s basketball and Michigan men’s basketball – arranged like crown jewels for every camera walking through the lobby.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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“Spruced (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruced%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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