How to Use refurbish in a Sentence
refurbish
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Schools have been refurbished, and there are new shops on the main streets.
—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
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That’s the view that prevailed when the bridges were last fully refurbished in the mid-1990s.
—Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
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If there is still life in the device, the data is wiped and the item is refurbished for reuse.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
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It was refurbished in 2012 and has also been serviced each of the last two years.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
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From the main floor of the hall the tour moved to the balcony, while passing a section of the building that is being refurbished.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
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In 2022, the sports book was refurbished and a Chickie’s & Pete’s sports bar opened.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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The couple has not dared to refurbish the basement as planned.
—John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
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Mast removed the 1950s belts and rotors, refurbished them and put them back.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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Who will lay the railroad tracks, install the high-speed broadband and refurbish our ports?
—Robert Rooks, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021
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Hunter purchased the building for the restaurant in April, and Early helped to refurbish it, Jones said.
—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
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The state of Texas will put up $35 million to refurbish every part of the ship that rests below the water, as the hull as been leaking.
—Rachel Kersey, Chron, 27 Oct. 2021
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And the sandstone quarry on the Anschutz ranch whose rock was used to build the Wyoming state Capitol in the 1880s — and to refurbish the building a few years ago.
—Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
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Here’s a look at 15 of the best new and recently refurbished hotels around the country.
—Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
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They are paid 40 cents to $2 an hour and build or refurbish everything from bunk beds to horse trailers.
—Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
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The bus is fully refurbished with a kitchen, lounge area, toilet and shower, and bedroom.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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The plan was to refurbish it and charge low rents — $400 a month in many cases — to give those at risk of homelessness a safe and affordable place to live.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
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Since then, Turkey has been pressing the U.S. to sell it new F-16 fighters or at the very least to refurbish its existing fleet.
—Chris Megerian, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022
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His return will bolster the defense and refurbish some guard depth.
—Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 15 Jan. 2022
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In the rooms, antique station windows have been refurbished as quirky wall art.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
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No effort was made to refurbish the Hitler puppet or any of the heads; they are being presented the way Frank found them.
—New York Times, 13 July 2022
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The drone ship will return the rocket to Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX will refurbish the vehicle for a 19th flight.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
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Plans to demolish the silos have yet to be firmed up, but several ideas to refurbish the area have emerged.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
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In May, 2023, the Cube was briefly removed to be refurbished off-site, but it was returned to its position this August.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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The theater has been raised 30 feet in the air, to make space for retail on the ground and lower floors, as well as refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
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SpaceX plans to quickly refurbish Resilience for a planned Crew-3 mission to launch as early as Oct. 31.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2021
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One of my friends landed the job of refurbishing the landscaping around the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
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Many devices can be sold, refurbished, and continue to be used.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024
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One big question for this review is how much of the U.S. nuclear stockpile Biden plans to refurbish.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2021
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This year, the Alonso Foundation plans to use any money won to refurbish youth baseball fields.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
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Sicily's interior consists of wheat fields, olive groves, farms, and villages, including many of the places where houses are selling for one euro to those who are willing to refurbish and live there.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2024
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