as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
In the past, the company has benefited from an uncertain economic outlook, as consumers are more likely to fix up their current vehicles rather than rushing off to buy new ones — especially as financing costs rise.
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Sarah Min,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
But much work remains to fix up the Plaza infrastructure and utilities above and below the ground while addressing what the developers say are streets that are too wide for pedestrians and storefronts that have been changed over the years and no longer match.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
The night before his first fitting, while fixing up the zipper, Vazquez tore a large hole in the shirt.
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Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Congress can lower housing costs by supporting programs to fix up existing homes and expanding down payment assistance.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
6 May 2026
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Sarah Min,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
But much work remains to fix up the Plaza infrastructure and utilities above and below the ground while addressing what the developers say are streets that are too wide for pedestrians and storefronts that have been changed over the years and no longer match.
—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
The night before his first fitting, while fixing up the zipper, Vazquez tore a large hole in the shirt.
—
Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Congress can lower housing costs by supporting programs to fix up existing homes and expanding down payment assistance.
—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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The work is being presented as the first report of a material that stores energy by physically rebuilding itself.
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Sununu, who formerly served as governor of New Hampshire, urged Congress to find more money to overhaul the air traffic control system — on top of the billions lawmakers appropriated last year to upgrade communications and radar equipment.
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Nate Rose, a spokesperson for the California Grocers Association, said some grocers have had to overhaul their labeling systems, but as a whole, the association has been supportive of the change.
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According to an account of her testimony in Rolling Stone, Avila was left with severe scarring on her face and left arm, with limited mobility after surgeons grafted skin from her abdomen to repair her arm.
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Ndiaye’s season ended early after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
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After some behind-the-scene friction on Stranger Things, which Harbour and Brown have both acknowledged without elaborating on details, the two appear to have patched things up.
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Another bug patched in the Chrome 149 update is CVE-2026-13035, a use after free bug in Bluetooth given a high impact rating.
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Jessica Luther Rummel, lead researcher for the cemetery association, has been reconstructing that arc from newspapers, Census data and burial records.
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In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs.
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Sportswear giant Nike posted quarterly earnings that topped forecasts, aided by an expected refund of nearly $986 million in tariffs.
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The death toll includes thousands of children, in addition to aid workers and journalists.
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But a dose of doxycycline or amoxicillin can generally cure it.
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But the Shadow has at the very least cured me of my sneakerphobia.
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Rodríguez said on Saturday night that 24 countries had sent aid and more than 2,700 rescuers were in the country to help with search operations.
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Batches of limited stock sales will be allowed in the coming months, however, and some real estate agents and bankers are putting together workarounds to help expectant millionaires leverage their future gains to secure loans.
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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