burnish

Example Sentences

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Tech billionaires looking to burnish their image seem to believe that the work ethic is an expendable feature of a free-market society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

Other changes in the report, which was overseen by then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva, seemed similarly intended to soften its impact and burnish the Fire Department’s image.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

Weyerhaeuser also is selling its forests as a carbon sink to companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions or burnish their green credentials.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

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