burnish
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But the prize was a fiction, as was the body that supposedly awarded it, the International Society of Philology - both apparently dreamed up by Montaclair to burnish his academic credentials.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Raja Qaiser Ahmed, a professor of international relations at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University, said Pakistan's robust military responses in both conflicts helped burnish its regional credentials.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Parents pay thousands of dollars and enlist college counselors to burnish their high-schoolers’ summer portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Set the stage and more often than not the England legend will take his opportunity to further burnish a record that marks him out as one of the greats of the modern game.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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