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spruce up

[sproos-uhp] / ˈsprusˌʌp /


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The Cursor deal could spruce up xAI’s positioning in the market, allowing Musk to improve Grok with better coding capabilities and also convince enterprise companies to adopt its AI.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Helped into the apartment by an X Square engineer, the AI-operated Quanta X1 Pro robot uses its cameras to identify areas it could spruce up.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Nagi says that the conversation motivated her to visit the boy's slum community and she offered to spruce up the locality by decorating the walls with murals.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Barr’s challenge is to improve CarMax’s online sales experience and lower the company’s costs to acquire and spruce up used cars for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

“I want to spruce up our apartment, make it feel more like home. But on a tiny budget. I have a list of ideas.”

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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