Example Sentences

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During the winter season the department typically takes a break in mosquito surveillance and refurbishes their traps.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The company then refurbishes and resells the suitcases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, said the U.S. no longer buys new Abrams, but uses older ones as “seed vehicles” and refurbishes them.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Music Magpie refurbishes about 400,000 tech items every year.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 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