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reburnishing

  1. present participle and gerund of reburnish

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reburnishing (plural reburnishings)

  1. A second or new burnishing
    • 2009 January 22, Timothy Garton Ash, “Obama's grand narrative may unite his country but divide the world”, in The Guardian[1]:
      At the same time, the story that he wants to tell the American people demands a reburnishing of traditional notions of American exceptionalism, mission and leadership.