spiffy
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Scheets and other young entrepreneurs are also driving the trend by capitalizing on demand for full-service cleans to keep America’s aging fleet of vehicles looking spiffy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“And now they look all spiffy and nice.”
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s really a quite spiffy and spectacular look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Everyone can use a spiffy new portable drink container.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
I patrol the perimeter with my cart, darting in to pick up misplaced and fallen items, making everything look spiffy from the outside.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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The Improv had the field to itself until 1972, when Newman opened Catch a Rising Star, a bigger, spiffier club located in the singles-bar district on the Upper East Side.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
But he sounds a little jealous when talking about the sturdier and spiffier tan hats state troopers wear.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2018
Asked if there had been any hesitation about employing weapon-wielding inhabitants of a grittier New York as poster children of today’s spiffier city, Mr. Dixon said no.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
Target is restoring its cool with spiffier merchandise and presentations that have helped perk up sales and customer visits over the past year.
From US News ● Sep. 16, 2015
He still hadn’t gone back to work, but I thought he never looked haler or heartier, or neater or spiffier.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Center Theatre Group’s “50th Celebration,” which gathered celebrities, devoted patrons, philanthropists and swells in their spiffiest attire for a Saturday night shindig at the Ahmanson, was more than a star-studded evening of entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2017
Most DreamWorks movies credit two directors and several writers, and play like the spiffiest vaudeville.
From Time ● Mar. 27, 2010
His uniforms were the spiffiest, his medals the most splendiferous and his enemies the most fearful.
From Time Magazine Archive
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