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But lightening up your home accents with the warmer weather isn’t the it thing to do this year.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
Cheesy meatballs are a family-favorite dinner, and tender ground turkey lightens up this flavorful one-pan supper.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Wear one with boots now and lighten up with sneakers or sandals once warmer weather hits.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Wood’s Chelsea seems determined to get Goggins’s Rick to lighten up, but then learns of his real reasons for going to Thailand.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
Cheesy meatballs are a family-favorite dinner, and tender ground turkey lightens up this flavorful one-pan supper.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Wear one with boots now and lighten up with sneakers or sandals once warmer weather hits.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Wood’s Chelsea seems determined to get Goggins’s Rick to lighten up, but then learns of his real reasons for going to Thailand.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lighten up
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“Lighten up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighten%20up. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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