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polish

noun as in shine, brightness

noun as in cultivated look, performance

verb as in shine, buff

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He smiles, remembering how early on, people in the business tried to polish him into something closer to their idea of a Hollywood leading man.

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Back in reality, humanoid machines have been often far less polished and more gimmicky, clumsy and buggy than their fictional counterparts.

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But in a statement on Thursday, Rockstar said it needed extra months to to finish the game with the level of polish fans had come to "expect and deserve".

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But who has the time or the energy to polish silverware, transfer mains and sides into nice dishes, and lay a table?

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“However, you have our most basic unit. Would you like us to upgrade her software, or adjust her settings, or polish out these scratches?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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