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- verb Present participle of
freshen . - noun The act by which something is freshened.
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Examples
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All Challengers get a chassis, interior, and powertrain freshening for 2011, and we've had a chance to sample a couple of examples at our test track and came away favorably impressed.
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Mazda and Honda are Japan's best engineering-oriented carmakers. 3's 2010 iteration will get a cosmetic "freshening" and more horsepower. 2009 models 'mileage ranges from 18 city to 32 highway, depending on model;' 09 pricing begins at $14,690.
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Mazda and Honda are Japan's best engineering-oriented carmakers. 3's 2010 iteration will get a cosmetic "freshening" and more horsepower. 2009 models 'mileage ranges from 18 city to 32 highway, depending on model;' 09 pricing begins at $14,690.
Steve Parker: Ten most significant import cars, 2008 and beyond 2010
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Mr. WILSON: Well, I'd say the main thing that's new this time around is the kind of freshening up of the beat more than anything else.
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Mr. WILSON: Well, I'd say the main thing that's new this time around is the kind of freshening up of the beat more than anything else.
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Mr. WILSON: Well, I'd say the main thing that's new this time around is the kind of freshening up of the beat more than anything else.
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All those with whom he had ever been brought in contact, Dad told me, might possibly allow that the wind was "freshening," perhaps, or
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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Researchers believe that the melting of glacial ice could be contributing to the ocean becoming less saline, or "freshening", and warmer - potentially leading to changes in the circulation of the seas.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Researchers believe that the melting of glacial ice could be contributing to the ocean becoming less saline, or "freshening", and warmer - potentially leading to changes in the circulation of the seas.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Researchers believe that the melting of glacial ice could be contributing to the ocean becoming less saline, or "freshening", and warmer - potentially leading to changes in the circulation of the seas.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
GHibbs commented on the word freshening
My adjectival use: 'A storm may follow this freshening wind.'
August 22, 2011