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- noun Plural form of
renewer .
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Examples
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A lot of so called renewers in history have turned out to be nothing but empty speeches, but I think that due to his backround and work so far, Barack Obama has proven he has the ability to renew America's rebutation in the world.
WordPress.com News grhughes 2008
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Al-Ghazâlî regarded himself as one of the renewers (singl. muhyî) of religion, who, according to a hadîth, will come every new century.
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She mumbled an oath, drew forth a cigar, lit and blew fumes that ran the ventilators and air renewers up to capacity.
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
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Fortunately, there was not more than our air renewers could clean out in a hurry.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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The epic poets are the guardians, preservers, and renewers of a heroic tradition and though they often admit anachronistic details or misunderstand the use or nature of archaic objects, they maintain intact, so Finley insists, the social context in which the heroes can live their larger life.
Triumph of a Heretic Knox, Bernard 1978
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The air that gusted from ventilator grilles came fresh out of the renewers, but somehow it collected a faint smell of oil on the way.
The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972
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Joachim's images in turn became translated into contemporary Franciscan Spiritual terms: Saint Francis (1182-1226) and those true to him were the new order of spiritual monks and the renewers of Christ's teachings.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas GORDON LEFF 1968
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If only there were life-renewers as well as hair-renewers!
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The chemistry of manufactured air, the pressure equalizers, renewers, respirators, the lighting and temperature maintenance of a space-flyer was here.
Brigands of the Moon Ray Cummings 1922
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Or suppose even that they write as well as M. Paul Fort, they will yet be writing ancestrally, not as innovators but as renewers.
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