as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
cool glasses of lemonade freshened us after a day of hard work outside
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Recent Examples of freshen
Similarly freshen the inside of whichever entrance those who live here use most often with hooks for coats and bags, a landing spot for things like mail and mugs, and a basket for shoes.
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Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Mercury in Gemini offers ideas to freshen your impact.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Read on to discover the best linen spray options to freshen your bedspread, wow overnight visitors, or even use to perk up your wardrobe staples pre-laundry day.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
Brooker cycles through the stock beats of the police narrative and freshens them all up using his wonderfully weird premise.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Mercury in Gemini offers ideas to freshen your impact.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Read on to discover the best linen spray options to freshen your bedspread, wow overnight visitors, or even use to perk up your wardrobe staples pre-laundry day.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
Brooker cycles through the stock beats of the police narrative and freshens them all up using his wonderfully weird premise.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for freshen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshen
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Industry trade groups are lobbying Congress to reverse the Trump administration's proposal and restore the Office of Space Commerce's (OSC's) budget to this year's level of $65 million.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
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Putin dreams of not only restoring the Russian empire but also becoming the master power of Europe.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Best For: All hair types looking to keep their scalp refreshed, without weighing down their lengths or disturbing their style.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Some of our favorite A-listers are inspiring us to refresh our summer sandal lineup.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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The move is part of CEO Brian Niccol's efforts to win back customers and revive Starbucks' brand.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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Should England revive their Euros campaign and get into the knockout phase, that twin fever may be replicated in the coming days on a smaller scale.—
Katie Whyatt,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Musk renews criticism over new Epstein report As his relationship publicly imploded with Trump last month, Elon Musk alleged in a social media post that Trump's name is mentioned in the Epstein files and claimed that's the reason the undisclosed classified documents had not been released.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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The dark comedy, which stars Gary Oldman as the head of a group of British intelligence agents, was renewed for Season 6 in October 2024.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
8 July 2025
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The partners spent a year and a half renovating the antiquated 5,500-square-foot space from top to bottom to create the ambiance of a welcoming Mediterranean island villa.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In addition to the new sterile fly facilities, the USDA also announced $21 million plans to renovate an old fly factory in Mexico by late 2025.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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“Freshen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshen. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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