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polish

[pol-ish] / ˈpɒl ɪʃ /






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Then bring AI back in, to review and polish what you have put together, and check over the final version yourself one last time before hitting submit.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The raw model needs to polish its abilities by learning from an expert.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

PCE is widely used in dry cleaning and can also be found in consumer products including arts and crafts adhesives, spot removers and stainless steel polish.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

The lady wore bright red nail polish, low-cut tops and high heels - young Dolly thought she was beautiful.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Touch was the thing, lightness in the finger, the sparing use of water, never spit, the thinness of the rag, and a stingy use of polish.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

In the jewellery workshop, quieter than the Royal Mint's coin-pressing halls where he used to work, 63-year-old John Powell carefully polishes a ring.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

One especially useful touch for travelers: the spa offers quick-drying traditional polishes, making it easier to get back to sightseeing without worrying about smudges.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

According to its website, Kurt’s Card Care makes “100% handmade Cleaning sprays and polishes free of artificial colors and scents. Perfect for cleaning and restoring your card collection.”

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

The phrase is self-explanatory, but Ms. Farr is insistent, so in her reading the woman polishes silver “until it gleamed.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Mr. Kane puts on his glasses, takes them off, polishes them, puts them on, looks at the ceiling.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

With her layered hair and polished style, she looked the part of a suburban mom.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“The star will cure and will be polished on Friday for fans to enjoy,” Martinez said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

There’s Olive, 12, from Charlotte, North Carolina, whose goal is to sell 8,000 boxes and who already possesses the polished ease of someone who understands how to speak to an audience.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

She remembers swapping a polished City environment, where there was always someone else to call for help, for having to do almost everything herself.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Where the Academy had the polished and manicured look of a college campus, this looked every inch the uninhabited wilderness.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

And the idea of polishing silver, however seductive the results, was realistically never going to be part of any household routine.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Short’s polishing of even so-so lines into comedy gold earned him nominations for every season of “Only Murders” so far.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

When it offered him half a song, he said, “Good enough” — without even bothering to run it through a few rounds of polishing.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

If you want her to pay for the French polishing, you have an extra incentive to reopen this line of communication — and the wound.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

He dropped the glass he had been polishing.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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