burnish

Each is interviewed separately, looking directly at us to burnish the intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Again, they know that they can burnish their reputation, maybe get an appointment at a better law school, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

His tone has grown more strident as he uncovers more examples of apparent fraud, which he attributes to junior researchers chasing career advancement and senior professors letting misconduct go unchecked to burnish their own résumés.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Clark said Anthropic's motivation for publicly discussing the growing capability of AI technology is not to further burnish its reputation with paying customers.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

A trade deal would be a huge relief but even without that, a US presidential visit after nearly a decade burnishes Xi's message – that China is open for business and to the world.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Having the participation of artists such as Kesha, Zedd, and Deadmaus further burnishes its music cred and dangles other lures for viewers to grab onto, even those who aren't kids and don't have them.

From Salon ● May 10, 2023

Brazil has approved the cultivation and sale of drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat, a major boost for the once taboo crop as global food supply fears and regional dry weather burnishes the lure of GMO.

From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023

The arrival of L’Avant-Garde raises the game for the French competition and burnishes the constellation of stars.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

This he tells, this he brindles and burnishes on a' winter's eves, 'tis his star of set glory, his rejuvenescence to descant upon.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

A roast chicken can be imagined burnished and fragrant, surrounded by little potatoes, perhaps with thyme involved.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Jones manages his superb cast with aplomb and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield evocatively captures lower Manhattan’s wintry, burnished glow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

It also burnished the reputation of its low-key Northern Irish chief designer, 41, who was appointed almost exactly a year ago with the task of modernising all of Dior's fashion lines.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Its beak shone like burnished gold, and its eyes glinted like jet set in yellow stones; its huge white wings were half lifted.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

And all were endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, the city’s Democratic Socialist mayor, burnishing his kingmaker bona fides.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

He rose through the ranks, burnishing his credentials by leading a campaign battling an ethnic rebel insurrection around crucial trade crossings with China.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

Shares in Gucci-owner Kering gained more ground Thursday after sales at the fashion house beat expectations in the most recent quarter, lifting revenue at the parent group and burnishing hopes of a sustained turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

He’s since become a regional force in his own right — one single-handedly responsible for burnishing his brother’s legacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025

The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick