as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in
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Recent Examples of renovate
Nazuna For a smaller-scale option, check out Nazuna, which renovates traditional homes and runs them as small ryokan (traditional inns) or private villas.
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
The planned Presidential Capital Stewardship Program would help renovate parks and infrastructure.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s far longer than Camden Management Partners’ schedule for renovating them into a mix of predominantly apartments with some first-floor commercial space.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
There was the time, for example, Adam went on a World Challenge trip to Tanzania, helping to paint and renovate a school, and proudly walked through Heathrow Airport on his return in an African tribal gown.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
The planned Presidential Capital Stewardship Program would help renovate parks and infrastructure.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s far longer than Camden Management Partners’ schedule for renovating them into a mix of predominantly apartments with some first-floor commercial space.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
There was the time, for example, Adam went on a World Challenge trip to Tanzania, helping to paint and renovate a school, and proudly walked through Heathrow Airport on his return in an African tribal gown.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovate
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Then came the unexpected season-long absence of captain Aleksander Barkov, who needed surgery to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee after an injury less than an hour into his first practice of training camp.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Nathan Swain repairs a ford just west of the settlement that was washed away during a recent rainstorm.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Per the new show’s official logline, in this new era of Peaky Blinders, a decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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The car was destroyed during a test crash in 1974, but in 2017, the marque’s factory restoration team, Lamborghini Polo Storioco, decided to rebuild it.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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All four are gone, leaving Mirabal to reconstruct a unit that added only one Power 4 transfer, Jamal Meriweather, who logged just 59 offensive snaps in three years at Georgia.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Those ball-tracking cameras capture up to 300 frames per second, allowing the system to precisely locate each pitch within the strike zone and reconstruct its path.—
Neil Nakahodo,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The hand sink and three-compartment sink in the produce prep area have been fixed and are fully operational, allowing the area to reopen for food production.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Doing your job, even if that job requires fixing his mistakes, isn’t enabling.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Renovate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renovate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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