polished
Example Sentences
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Bees, however, often coat their nests with a waxy secretion that creates a waterproof, polished interior.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Titled Eins, Zwei, Drei, it's an overstuffed sandwich of a song - full of chanted hooks and crunchy keyboards that deliberately avoids the polished pop of previous entries.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
The ingots are cut into wafers with a wire saw, which move through multiple machines to be polished, tested and boxed up so they can be sent to the next stage of the supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
You can tell that Lily is Mom’s daughter, not because they have the same complexion or eyes or hair, but because they are both the same kind of very polished pretty.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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