burnish

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

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

These certifications might help a job-seeker burnish their skills and stand out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

It also plans to sell some of the energy certificates to businesses that want to burnish their green credentials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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

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

Maher likes to process the world as it relates to him and burnishes his point of view.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021

See how that beetle burnishes in the path!

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds

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

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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

He may have lost some mainstream acceptance and his FX series, but has since lined his bank account and burnished his career quite handsomely.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Stevens said his son’s value on the college market was based partly on the personal brand he burnished at a string of high-performing football programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

The air was filled with dragons —great beasts of power and majesty, creatures with jeweled eyes and burnished skins.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

For Sir Keir Starmer, both on and off camera, this all amounts to invaluable face time with Trump, even sharing a lift on Air Force One, burnishing a relationship as solid as it is improbable.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

I stood at the window to admire the sunlight slanting over the golf course, and burnishing the bare trees on the distant hills.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan