as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
This tactic led voters to approve higher sales taxes in San Francisco in 2014 — allegedly to improve transit programs and fix roads — in Los Angeles County in 2017 — allegedly to reduce homelessness — and in Fresno in 2018 — allegedly to fix up parks and boost public safety.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Fort Worth needs to borrow a lot of money to fix up roads, build parks, and construct an animal shelter.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
What is meant to be a quick trip to fix up and sell the property quickly turns into something far more ominous.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Imposing higher taxes on building improvements offers an equally perverse disincentive to fix up properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Fort Worth needs to borrow a lot of money to fix up roads, build parks, and construct an animal shelter.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
What is meant to be a quick trip to fix up and sell the property quickly turns into something far more ominous.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Imposing higher taxes on building improvements offers an equally perverse disincentive to fix up properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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For the rebuilding Dolphins, all three of those individuals were in Green Bay last season in quarterback Malik Willis, coach Jeff Hafley and GM Jon-Eric Sullivan.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Saleh is just beginning to rebuild his program in Tennessee.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The roster changed, too, with most of the alterations on the defensive side to try to improve the pass rush and overhaul the linebacking corps, and with first-round draft pick Sonny Styles now serving as the group’s new quarterback.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Citadel Securities is also overhauling its first-year analyst program to be less role-specific and more focused on critical thinking.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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But repairing one's image is easier said than done.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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City Public Works crews worked all day and late into the night to repair the break.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Most organizations absorb the signal of ontological strain as operational friction and patch it at the workflow layer.—
Urvish Parikh,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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First, find all your ilmenite-rich regions (which are typically in lunar mare, the dark patches on the moon that signify frozen seas of ancient lava).—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Rather than a standard carpet setup, the production team asked us to reconstruct a character's bedroom on the carpet.—
Craig Waldman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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By working from the deepest, oldest parts of the core samples to the ground surface, the geomorphologists could reconstruct a sequence of flooding and sediment deposition over thousands of years.—
Geoff Emberling,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Additionally, this decision meant Microsoft could not be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting OpenAI.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2026
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The material is difficult to work with, requiring careful handling and precise environmental conditions to cure properly.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Deli meats are cured with salt to preserve them and extend their shelf life.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
14 May 2026
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The restriction has helped cultivate a blissfully tranquil ambience for both guests and the resort’s underwater species.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Because a bright sky helps subdue Venus's glare, this is a good time to inspect the planet telescopically, though its gibbous disk remains rather small and approximately seven-eighths illuminated.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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