Example Sentences

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America’s banks are dusting off their spending wish lists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Tens of thousands of people are dusting off their cowboy hats as the 2024 Stagecoach festival returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio this weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

“People are dusting off their 2011 playbook and sharpening their 2023 pencils,” he said.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

Some school systems are dusting off safety protocols they haven’t used in about two years, he said, and as they do that, they should be having conversations about what’s reasonable.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2021

Saturdays are best for these excursions, for then the pew-openers are dusting out the church, and the sexton is usually about, sweeping the paths or cutting the grass.

From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by Vincent, W.T. (William Thomas)