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refurbish

[ree-fur-bish] / riˈfɜr bɪʃ /


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Apple will have to streamline its process for reclaiming leased hardware and be prepared to refurbish devices at scale once customers return them, Feinseth said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Under the agreement, British Steel will supply 120,000 tonnes of steel to refurbish two major ports in Lagos, with the contract worth £70m.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

Many institutional investors don’t want to spend the money needed to refurbish even a high-quality office to get it relet.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

This would be a time to find a sheltered place beside a stream to rest and refurbish.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The company then refurbishes and resells the suitcases.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

But Mr Radstone, who refurbishes empty homes through his company You Spot Property, argues, that this can "push people away from wanting to engage with the council".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2025

Recently I got really into watching this person who finds furniture on the street and refurbishes it.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2025

BBB, a privately held Alabama-based company which refurbishes car parts, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2022

He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Jamillah Taylor, 54 years old, just bought a refurbished ranch house in Gary for $146,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The building has now been substantially refurbished and its facade changed, but it has been a huge headache for Austrian authorities, who want to prevent it from becoming a site of neo-Nazi pilgrimage.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Twain bought the retreat for $3,250,000 in the early 1990s, then refurbished and expanded the 28,000-square-foot residence to add a recording studio.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The $240 million bond-funded project includes a pedestrian bridge connecting the school to a refurbished city library.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The Captain made both me and Call sit down in his clean, refurbished living room.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

The leasing option could also benefit Apple’s refurbishing program, Feinseth said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Out in the street, a business consultant who recently voted for the left-wing populist Green Party, also worried about illegal migrants, as did a painter who was busy refurbishing Cain’s butcher’s shop.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

He has an unusual business model, finding bikes at yard sales and sometimes making bulk deals, refurbishing them and selling far below what they would cost new.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Several Nigerian businessmen are alleged to have bankrolled huge spending sprees, including more than £2m at luxury store Harrods and £4.6m on refurbishing homes in London and Buckinghamshire.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

Building the synchrotron and the hot lab and refurbishing the 184-inch would cost at least another $605,000.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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