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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spruced
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Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois’ shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere’s stick and tricked Rooney.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026 -
Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois' shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere's stick and tricked Rooney.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The mismatch between workers and available jobs—a key barometer of labor market stress—has actually improved since that moment, falling below its pre-pandemic level.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The Canadiens haven’t lost consecutive games since mid-March, and improved their playoff record to 6-0 following a loss.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The shoes are embellished with asymmetrical crystal leaf ornaments that are hand-embroidered to drape across a low-cut vamp.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Instead, Jarman chose a graceful pleated, ankle-length creation featuring a double neckline—front and back—embellished with a few gold jewel details.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
19 May 2026
Verb
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In his suit, the billionaire claimed OpenAI breached its charitable trust and that Altman and Brockman enriched themselves at his expense.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Musk argues that Altman and others violated the company's founding mission as a charitable trust and unjustly enriched themselves by creating a for-profit division that consumed the original nonprofit.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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And can the extreme technical divergences and multiple overbought conditions be ameliorated without much pain, as suggested by Monday's benign rotational action in the face of a stiff drop in semis and other momentum stocks?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Since then the institutions of American aging have reproduced rather than ameliorated the inequalities and injustices of the wider American economy.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Spruced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruced. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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