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burnish

[bur-nish] / ˈbɜr nɪʃ /


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Altman has previously likened this approach to “betting on a series of startups” inside OpenAI, and the strategy helped burnish the company’s reputation as the pioneer of the AI era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

It was still grimy, but MacArthur Park’s famed beauty was there, a beauty unmatched by newer parks — if only Hernandez and others could burnish it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Weyerhaeuser also is selling its forests as a carbon sink to companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions or burnish their green credentials.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

In truth he won't much mind being attacked by the first minister if it draws attention to the issues he wants to talk about, and lets him burnish his anti-establishment credentials.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

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




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