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spruce up

[sproos-uhp] / ˈsprusˌʌp /


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Here are seven ways to spruce up your favorite chia seed recipes:

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Nagi says that the conversation motivated her to visit the boy's slum community and she offered to spruce up the locality by decorating the walls with murals.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Greg Werkheiser, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, said nothing is wrong with wanting to spruce up federal buildings, but there are proper ways to preserve historic structures, especially those made of granite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Yet for investors considering any last-minute “window dressing” to spruce up their portfolios before liquidity tends to dry up during the year-end holiday period, Sutherland of Schroders said that’s not a good idea.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 14, 2025

Being in New Orleans had made me spruce up my dressing a bit.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson




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