brushup

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Noun
  • Here's a quick refresher on all six episodes, to help break down this twisty tale.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 July 2025
  • Officers were ordered to take a refresher training on stopping suicides via computer.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • The Street 750 was produced from around 2014 to 2021 but never gained much traction in the U.S. where it was used for rider training classes.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
  • The lack of an extension led the 29-year-old to express his frustration through a brief training camp holdout after talks stalled in mid-July.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, prohibited discriminatory practices such as literacy tests and poll taxes that disqualified many African Americans from voting in the post-Civil War era South.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 24 July 2025
  • Iron Mountain has identified several key information management practices that every organization should implement to drive superior AI outcomes.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a reason this model has over 100,000 reviews on Amazon.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The recumbent chair and whining drill, the blinding lights and masked faces overhead, the needle, the spit basin, and the X-ray film clamped between your teeth—every detail seems designed to inflame our fears.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • The 40-year-old former UNLV quarterback subbed himself into 11-on-11 drills and purposely threw an interception to inject a little fun into his team’s fourth straight day of training camp practice.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • And so billionaire philanthropy is an exercise of power and deserves skepticism rather than gratitude.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • In addition to Spanx clothing, celebrities like Garner and Kylie Jenner are fans of its bras, and this one is under $50 and wearable for exercise.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • The Green Bay Packers held their first training camp practice on Wednesday, a non-padded workout that lasted roughly 90 minutes.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • But when Smart’s agent called him after a workout to let Smart know that Doncic reached out, Smart brushed it off.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The Time Warp Trap Andrew Scott, in his book, The longevity imperative, explains how routines speed up time.
    Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • Positive reinforcement, creating a safe space, and sticking to a consistent routine can all help a dog feel safe.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
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“Brushup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushup. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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