neaten
Example Sentences
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Few things neaten a naturalistic garden like fresh edging around beds.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
The brief was to reduce the bulk at the sides and neaten the perimeter.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020
There is only so much we can really put away even though I’ve started making the effort to remove anything truly personal when I neaten up ahead of company.
From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2017
They fundamentally try to neaten things up and make it look more rational than it is.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2012
I clean up my bed on the couch, and Dad and Steph neaten my bedroom, where they’re staying.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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