dusted

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The only tournaments where he can significantly alter and improve his already stellar career are done and dusted three months from now.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Accordingly, the advocates of inflation-indexing of capital gains have dusted off a workaround that first surfaced in 1992, during the George H. W. Bush administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"I've already dusted off the shelf for it," he told AFP in January, referring to the golden statuette that he ended up taking.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Instead the White House this weekend dusted off Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 as a work-around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Kainene dusted herself down carefully, but the ground was wet and the mud had stuck to her clothes; her blue dress looked designed with chocolate-colored smudges.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie