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verb

present participle of beautify

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Recent Examples of beautifying
Adjective
The pictures are beautiful, but Hujar’s is not a beautifying eye. Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 The viral beautifying filter uses machine learning technology to edit users’ facial features in photographs and video, sculpting cheekbones, smoothing out skin and brightening eyes, all with unsettling realism. Flo Cornall, CNN, 15 May 2023 Roughly 21% of Americans of any gender have reported using beautifying filters on their photos before posting their images to a social media profile, according to a 2021 Consumer Reports study. Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2023 Since Mayan times, honey has played an important role in wellness in Mexico and is famous for both its beautifying and restorative qualities. Rana Good, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Verb
The pictures are beautiful, but Hujar’s is not a beautifying eye. Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 While beautifying the area, the project also aims to provide insights into the impact of urban green space on human health and the environment. Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautifying
Adjective
  • Includes bouquets and boutonnieres for the wedding party, centerpieces, and other decorative florals.
    Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Garden Fair: The Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club’s Garden Fair will feature vendors selling plants, shrubs, roses, orchids, birdhouses, decorative garden and yard art.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Singing was more fun than decorating cookies.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Drew also shared a surprising tree decorating hack.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For detailed advice on pruning techniques and on when to prune each species of common ornamental shrubs, see mortonarb.org/pruning-deciduous-shrubs.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • An area under the shade of an ornamental tree in summer may still be in partial to full sun during early spring, which is sufficient for snowdrops.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The inviting ones adorning the tips of the Lina Bo Bardi’s Bola de Latao armchair, and the microscopic ones teasing the bottom of a Josef Hoffman fork.
    Sophie Collé, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
  • His works include a large-scale interpretation of New Zealand's native Weta bug along the first fairway and a series of oversized dragonflies with six-foot wingspans adorning a lake by the sixth fairway.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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