brushup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brushup
Noun
  • As a refresher, here’s the story so far: The ARPANET was a project started by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency in 1969 to network different mainframe computers together across the country.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
  • Serving as celebratory checkpoints, physical pit stops, resupply junctions, med centers, and social refreshers, some mountain communities have gained a reputation as legendary, near-mythic stopovers.
    Eric J. Wallace, Outside Online, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Without the multi-million-dollar training complexes available to many elite European teams, Auckland City players need to cram in the majority of their gym and recovery work outside of club facilities.
    Rory Fleming, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
  • Video from news outlets include KABC-TV in Los Angeles showed training taking place through the week at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Orange County.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Though inhalation abuse is not a new practice, figures cited by CNN show an increase in the number of teens taking part.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • All are fodder for her intricate textile works, a parallel practice to her floral-design studio.
    Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 13 June 2025
  • Here's the news: The president and first lady received mixed reviews at a musical debut.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Collon and Guerrero — with Gomez available as an alternate — had two shots at the drill and were able to shave more than a minute off their first effort, ending with a final time of 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
  • National Guard troops face a particular problem National Guard members who are heading to their monthly drill weekend or annual two-week drill in June could be required to go but serve as the gender they were assigned at birth.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • In Gilbert’s hands, reappraising the decade from a feminist perspective is more an exercise in cataloguing than in analysis: the ideology of the era is not subtle, and its narratives don’t need decoding.
    Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • At his age, Jones thoroughly believes exercise is essential to living a full, healthy life — not just physically, but mentally.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • As individual workouts are taking place and players are participating in interviews with their potential new teams, now is the time for the candidates to separate themselves.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Bartholomew ran to the opposite end zone with a group of defensive teammates to celebrate the exclamation point to the workout.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Torrance discovers that their championship routines have been stolen from the squad of a less privileged all-Black school.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Most Southern gardeners have their vegetable garden planted, summer annuals in the ground and already blooming, containers set with thrillers, fillers, and spillers, the lawn fertilized, and their mowing routine down.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
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“Brushup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushup. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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