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View definitions for burnished

burnished

adjective as in bronze

adjective as in glassy

adjective as in glazed

adjective as in gleaming

adjective as in glistening

adjective as in glossy

adjective as in polished

adjective as in shiny

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With a deluxe new remix courtesy of engineer Paul Hicks and Harrison’s son Dhani, "Living in the Material World" has finally been burnished for our new millennium.

From Salon

Close, who reprised her Tony-winning performance as Norma in the 2017 Broadway revival and added layers of authenticity burnished by time, made the musical seem weightier than it is.

Newsom burnished his brand as a fighter for the party after calling out national Democrats for failing to go on the offensive in the culture wars.

Auction experts estimate it would fetch more than $2 million, the value burnished by the Dodgers winning the five-game series over the New York Yankees and Freeman being named the most valuable player.

The landscape has radically shifted from when the days when Reagan, at one time the president of a Hollywood actors' union, burnished his tough-guy image by firing the air traffic controllers.

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

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