refresher

noun

Definition of refreshernext
as in training
chiefly US something that helps you to remember something you have forgotten; a reminder about something
—usually singular
—usually + on Before we play, I need a refresher on the rules. Some people need a refresher on how to be polite.

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Recent Examples of refresher New items this year include pickle pies, apple donut ham grinders, mango sticky rice refreshers and longanisa cheese curd lumpia. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026 Tucked next to a car wash along El Camino Real is a new cafe in San Mateo serving up creative coffee drinks, matcha lattes, Red Bull soda refreshers and more. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 For fans who’ve never watched a Banana Ball game — or just need a refresher — the Statesman teamed up with Vavasis to explain what fans should expect on The Blue. — Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026 Looming over the results is the impact that elevated gas prices had on consumers’ willingness to buy coffee, tea, and energy refreshers away from home. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for refresher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refresher
  1. training
  2. review
  3. practice
  4. drill
  5. exercise
  6. lesson
  7. workout
  8. routine
Noun
  • Liverpool will play a total of 180 minutes against Serie A side Como across two games tomorrow (Sunday), one behind closed doors at their training ground at noon locally, the other at Anfield at 6pm.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Being late for anything – breakfast, lunch, dinner, a team meeting, a training session – or parking in an unassigned spot, for example.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of training
Noun
  • The amendments will not go through the standard committee review and there will be no public record of who demanded the changes, or why.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Carr asserted that the timing was a coincidence and the license review was related to his DEI probe.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of review
Noun
  • Some of the loudest opposing voices are creatives, who see the products being created by AI companies as something threatening to their own practice and to the world at-large.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Eagles prioritize health (and keeping their scheme close to the vest) in games and have placed a greater emphasis on joint practices.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of practice
Noun
  • Someone who practices a memory drill becomes very good at that drill, a little better at tasks that closely resemble it, and no better at much else.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • China carried out military drills this month near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
    — Ben Finley, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of drill
Noun
  • Options are available for men and women, including insoles designed for casual comfort, exercise and more.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Other participants also tested UUV detection and counter-UUV technologies during the exercise.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of exercise
Noun
  • As Amziah demonstrates during this lesson, the queen is the center of the universe, and without her, the colony would collapse.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Thankfully, the lessons from that hasty dash towards the fringes of our towns and cities in the 1990s and early 2000s seem to have been learned.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lesson
Noun
  • Shelton described Buxton as jubilant during Monday’s workout.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The viral practice, known as dry scooping, may look like a shortcut to a harder workout.
    — Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of workout
Noun
  • The 5-inch touch screen walks through networking, calibration, self-check routines, and bed leveling step by step, making the initial startup surprisingly painless considering the machine’s size.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • One routine that created apprehension among the general public was visiting public restrooms, Simon wrote.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of routine

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