as in to refit
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Recent Examples of refurnish
By the end of the movie, the roommates moved back into their old apartment, which had been refurnished and renovated by a new landlord.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Plans to refurnish the building began as far back as the 1990s but were repeatedly held up by funding issues.
—Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2021
Federal law dictates that only $5,000 can be spent on refurnishing a Cabinet secretary's offices.
—Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
As a Cabinet secretary, Carson has a $5,000 legal limit to refurnish his office.
—Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Plans to refurnish the building began as far back as the 1990s but were repeatedly held up by funding issues.
—Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2021
Federal law dictates that only $5,000 can be spent on refurnishing a Cabinet secretary's offices.
—Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
As a Cabinet secretary, Carson has a $5,000 legal limit to refurnish his office.
—Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refurnish
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Era of the Ranger When McKenzie started on the assembly line in 1978, the St. Paul plant had been refitted to produce only pickups.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2025
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This starts with getting commercial banks into the ecosystem, identifying the key components for integration, developing a seamless business process workflow, refitting existing operational teams and platforms, establishing a risk and compliance framework, and more.—
David Parker,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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In the meantime, the first Ukrainian brigade fully to reequip with Western tanks probably will ride in Leopard 1A5s from the mid-1980s.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Remembering how a few crucial opportunities to work on calligraphy and design at a young age prepared him for his career in film, fashion, and painting, Yi Ming hopes to open similar doors for other young artists.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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With the prospect of diplomacy faltering, Israeli forces are preparing for the potential consequences, including any Iranian response to a possible Israeli attack on Iran.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Because the people in charge didn’t pick the right players, and didn’t draft well enough with the leftover picks to fortify the roster.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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But all that has only fortified a character who went from hapless brother-in-law to inarguably the most evolved one of the bunch.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $15 million for a task force within the IRS to create a report about the costs and opinions of a potential direct e-file program.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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According to Harvard’s annual report, the largest chunks of the endowment are allocated to private equity (39%) and hedge funds (32%).—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The sides have since armed themselves with hundreds of nuclear warheads, missile delivery systems, advanced fighter jets and modern weapons to take on each other.—
Time,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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While in the backyard of one of these homes, officers see over a fence that a woman has stepped into her backyard armed with a handgun.—
Jack Hannah,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Refurnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refurnish. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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