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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replenish.

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Examples

  • The earth "replenishes" fossil fuels (to use your metaphor) in a span of millions of years.

    Think Progress 2009

  • He makes the league's discs—a supply of retired and active players that he updates and replenishes.

    Baseball's Original Nerd Magnet Mike Sielski 2011

  • Although this study wasn't designed to uncover the mechanism by which repeated oxygen deprivation might cause dementia, Redline noted that it may harm brain health by affecting the way the brain constantly replenishes its cells.

    Sleep apnea may raise dementia risk in women 2011

  • A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.

    Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010

  • An easy afternoon snack when they get home is a banana, for instance -- a smart choice which replenishes their potassium levels after running during recess and exercising in PE (and of course I'm hoping their school still offers PE!)

    Valerie Orsoni: Counter Your School's Lunch Counter With Healthy Options Valerie Orsoni 2010

  • Millions of people want to do something tangible -- right now -- to preserve the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the land we cultivate and the natural world that restores and replenishes our fragile biosphere.

    Michael Carmichael: Plug-In 2011: Rising Tide for Electric Cars Michael Carmichael 2011

  • The Gulf Coast is a living thing—the ocean takes away, and the river replenishes.

    A Gulf Requiem Wayne Curtis 2011

  • A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.

    Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010

  • Grain prices also dipped Wednesday because the USDA raised its one-month-old forecast of the amount of wheat and corn that will remain in U.S. inventories by the time the next harvest season replenishes supplies.

    As Corn Outlook Cut, Rivals Step Up Scott Kilman 2011

  • A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.

    Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010

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