dust off
Example Sentences
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Others used the shutdown to dust off esoteric research projects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
You can also use a pastry brush or a clean, unused paintbrush to dust off the surfaces.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025
“There are pandemic playbooks that we need to dust off and begin to implement.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
“We actually had to dust off some old telefaxes,” remembers Mr Molland.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024
She said, “My name is Nzila. Nzila is a poet’s name. My poems blow the dust off surfaces to make clear and true paths. Nzila.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
