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refresh

[ri-fresh] / rɪˈfrɛʃ /


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The EA said it understood that changes to transport arrangements can be unsettling and added that it sometimes needs to refresh contracts to ensure value for money.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

There are early signs the product refresh is starting to gain traction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

And that’s not greatly practical for smartphone devotees, who are already getting a truncated image of one weather possibility that was sent before the model was scheduled to refresh.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

You refresh a feed for news of a village whose name your relatives say with their whole mouths and you say with an accent that gives you away.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Gloria would make me a peanut-butter sandwich straight off and then she would pour me a cup of coffee with half coffee and half milk and that would refresh me.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

Overall, "this will result, between now and 2030, in more than 60 new vehicle launches and 50 significant refreshes, across all brands and powertrain energies".

From Barron's May 21, 2026

“As the portfolio refreshes, that capital will start earning the current interest rate, and that is supplementing their growth,” Nygren says.

From MarketWatch Feb. 5, 2026

The struggle between man and nature is also a frequent subject, one that Ms. Iturbide constantly refreshes.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

“Tesla’s refreshes are pretty modest, and they’re driven by improving profitability,” said Ed Niedermeyer, who has written a book about Tesla and is working on a follow-up.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2025

But Farmer likes being grounded in the kind of obscurity, away from the media and spotlight, that refreshes his passion and authority; doctoring to the poor is his ultimate source of power.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The more frequently droplets appear and depart, the more often the surface is refreshed, allowing heat to move through it more efficiently.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

It added it had recently refreshed its standards setting out how services should provide safe and effective care for those with communication needs.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Later, Barragan signed paperwork to change his answers to those deposition questions, saying he “found documents that refreshed my recollection” and that he did, in fact, author the inquiry and request for a criminal investigation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“For the ‘Burnham bounce’ to be sustainable and boost consumer confidence, it will require consistent delivery by the refreshed U.K. government against deep cost-of-living challenges and persistent low economic growth,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Stuart felt refreshed and glad to be on the move again.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

West Ham fans frantically refreshing Ceefax on 31 August 2006 must have thought they'd landed on the jokes page when news broke of a double swoop for a pair of Argentina's top young stars.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The retailer has been refreshing its product assortment, lowering prices on some items and rejiggering its store layouts as part of a sweeping plan aimed at reversing years of sluggish quarterly sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

With “Her Private Hell,” Thatcher has found an auteur who matches her refreshing self-assurance.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

“There’s a lot of refreshing of how the shoes can be worn.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The thought of Papá had made us all gloomy again despite the refreshing showers.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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