as in to tidy (up)
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The classic-cool brand makes up a good chunk of my wardrobe—and, not to brag, but almost none of it was purchased at full-price.—
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It is also created by a group made up solely of Christian screenwriters.—
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Variety,
25 May 2026
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The diagnostic checklist that an attentive observer might have drawn up in Britain in the 1770s seems very familiar.—
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The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Hennepin County has drawn up plans to reconstruct Lyndale Avenue between Franklin Avenue and 31st Street.—
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The advisory suggests that parents create family media plans that lay out exactly how and when screens can be used in the home and urges health care providers to ask patients about their screen use.—
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Scientific American,
20 May 2026
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That’s when Johnson leans on Troup to play narrator and lay out the details of the investigation.—
Jake King-Schreifels,
Time,
15 May 2026
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“Straighten (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straighten%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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