as in to trim
to make neat
hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up
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Continued mowing will keep the grass trimmed while mulching up the leaves.Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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Customer service workers in particular are fearful that AI will replace them: A case in point is tech group Klarna, which is hoping to trim its workforce by 1,800 with the help of AI.Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 1 Nov. 2024
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And, increasingly, Republicans are organizing efforts to appeal to those voters.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some of his earliest political activities were organizing ballot parties about 25 years ago.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them.Kris Holt, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Carve leg and thigh meat slices; arrange meat on platter.Jeanne Ambrose, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Spruce (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruce%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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