refurbish
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Apple will have to streamline its process for reclaiming leased hardware and be prepared to refurbish devices at scale once customers return them, Feinseth said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Privately held Restore Robotics has the legal clearance to refurbish used da Vinci surgical robotic instruments, which it then sells back to hospitals at a discount.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
MPs have been presented with proposals to refurbish the ailing Palace of Westminster, including a plan that could cost almost £40bn and take 61 years to complete.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
This would be a time to find a sheltered place beside a stream to rest and refurbish.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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During the winter season the department typically takes a break in mosquito surveillance and refurbishes their traps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
The company then refurbishes and resells the suitcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Now Music Magpie has two workshops in the UK and one in the US, where it refurbishes all sorts of unwanted electronics.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
BBB, a privately held Alabama-based company which refurbishes car parts, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2022
He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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In a post on social media, Sweeney said it was "outrageous" that a refurbished building risked being destroyed by fire in a "socially-deprived community".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
After detaching from the rocket's center core, the two boosters returned safely to the launch site, where they can be refurbished.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Apple, Samsung and Google have certified refurbished programs where used phones get genuine replacement parts, the latest software and a one-year warranty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Warner Bros. borrowed and refurbished the machine to show “One Battle After Another” for pre-release screenings on the WB lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
B-block was refurbished and reopened as a “transit block,” supposedly holding inmates for limited times.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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NG Homes was in the process of refurbishing and upgrading a number of buildings on the street.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
These included refurbishing bikes for donations to the Age Concern Jersey charity, restoring memorial benches, growing plants and vegetables for the prison kitchen and for charity, and helping create wildlife habitats.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Part of the plan includes resurrecting dormant neighborhoods by refurbishing homes and building new ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The leasing option could also benefit Apple’s refurbishing program, Feinseth said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Building the synchrotron and the hot lab and refurbishing the 184-inch would cost at least another $605,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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