burnish
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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
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
In truth he won't much mind being attacked by the first minister if it draws attention to the issues he wants to talk about, and lets him burnish his anti-establishment credentials.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 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
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