- present participle of refresh.
refreshing
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It’s festive, refreshing and can be mostly prepared ahead.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
“So many people aren’t aware of anything outside of themselves, and so it was really refreshing and took me back to how a lot of house music used to be,” Savage says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Competition from rivals is increasing, including from 7 Brew, a privately held drive-through coffee chain, and larger players such as Starbucks, which is undergoing a turnaround and refreshing its drink menu, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
From going unbeaten in his opening nine games with a refreshing brand of football, the consensus was things had gone flat and that the head coach was bearing the brunt of it.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
At first the frigid courthouse felt as refreshing as an icy bath, but by the time we took the escalator upstairs, I could not stop shaking.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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