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spruce up

[sproos-uhp] / ˈsprusˌʌp /


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Helped into the apartment by an X Square engineer, the AI-operated Quanta X1 Pro robot uses its cameras to identify areas it could spruce up.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 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

Barr’s challenge is to improve CarMax’s online sales experience and lower the company’s costs to acquire and spruce up used cars for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

MGM attempted to replicate its success by having Francis spruce up old chestnuts, but to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

Like Digger, he wore blue jeans and an untucked T-shirt and didn’t appear to have shaved or in any other way attempted to spruce up his appearance.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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