as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
Her kids come back and suddenly the farmhouse fixer-upper has been fixed up.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Parks Department and Donoghue put out a request for bidders to fix up and run Wollman, but the answer is sitting right in the park.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
The funds would have also allowed the city to buy and fix up the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter, which is currently operated by the city but owned by Jackson County.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
And apparently a bone spear point was worth trying to fix up and reuse, because traces of grinding show that someone tried to smooth out the crack, probably with a stone tool.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Parks Department and Donoghue put out a request for bidders to fix up and run Wollman, but the answer is sitting right in the park.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
The funds would have also allowed the city to buy and fix up the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter, which is currently operated by the city but owned by Jackson County.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
And apparently a bone spear point was worth trying to fix up and reuse, because traces of grinding show that someone tried to smooth out the crack, probably with a stone tool.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
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His approach was patient and decisive, allow the company as a whole to rebuild trust and achieve significant financial growth.—
David Villa,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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With a bus system known for being unreliable and inconvenient, some advocates and commuters say work will need to be done to rebuild trust with riders and to entice new ones to see the bus as a viable option.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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Strong premium demand in recent years inspired many airlines to overhaul cabin interiors across their fleets to give a bigger presence to premium features like lie-down seats.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Cuomo’s housing plan released last month didn’t include the proposal to overhaul HPD, which has an annual budget of more than $1.5 billion.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The vehicles are equipped with 2.5L HEV or PHEV engines repaired incorrectly under recall 23V380.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Thinking of the long-term and sending shoes back to be repaired and rejuvenated is the right approach for the future. FC: Crockett & Jones has featured in several James Bond films.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Lateral movement should be designed to stretch strengths, not patch internal gaps or offer placeholder promotions — or worse pseudo-promotions — titles or roles with limited or no real authority.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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One option to help patch the $12 billion deficit would be to delay salary increases for public employees in the upcoming fiscal year.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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In the now-legendary Paris exhibition, the curators reconstructed her house (a model of her home was in the Wits Art Museum exhibition) and invited her to paint it in the same style.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Hospital death records helped Baham's team reconstruct some biographical moments of the 13 men and four women.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
Verb
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By the 2030s, the advent of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is anticipated to usher in monumental changes, ranging from aiding in household chores such as cooking and cleaning to transforming our approach to everyday life on a grand scale.—
Sandeep Shivam,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Epstein's former girlfriend and associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was sentenced in 2022 for aiding Epstein in the trafficking of minors and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 45 mins Servings: 16 Nothing cures a bad case of the grumps quite like baking.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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Sometimes, no amount of physical therapy or surgery or [place your favorite treatment here] will cure people of their pain.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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That support may have helped secure Trump’s narrow path to reelection.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Musk replied by threatening to shut down the Dragon spacecraft program that helps the U.S. transport astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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