: one that fixes: such as
a
: a person who intervenes to enable someone to circumvent the law or obtain a political favor
b
: a person who adjusts matters or disputes by negotiation
c
: sodium thiosulfate
also
: a solution of sodium thiosulfate
Examples of fixer in a Sentence
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Michael Cohen: Trump’s former fixer was not an essential witness in the former president’s civil fraud trial in New York that concluded in January.
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Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The rise of hyper-personalization is trouncing the one-size-fits-all holiday thanks to canny travel fixers and tour operators that are threading the desire for off-menu, bespoke experiences into travel's ever-evolving DNA.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
Ruiz and most people in the 10 percent have mutations that leave their CFTR protein too garbled or incomplete to correct with any combination of fixer molecules.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
California For Subscribers The high school teacher turned lawyer accused of being a fixer for the Mexican Mafia
Oct. 27, 2022
Chavez, who taught English at high schools in Pomona while studying to become a lawyer at night, has maintained his innocence.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has said Weisselberg had a role in orchestrating the payments.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2024
The actress joined Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry David to parody her controversy of paying a fixer to get her daughters into USC.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
The legal drama spun around the question of whether Trump’s lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who had made the payoff to Daniels by drawing on his home equity, was reimbursed illegally with campaign funds.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
The original series was created by Ann Biderman and centered on a fixer whose relationship with his family is complicated.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The rise of hyper-personalization is trouncing the one-size-fits-all holiday thanks to canny travel fixers and tour operators that are threading the desire for off-menu, bespoke experiences into travel's ever-evolving DNA.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
Ruiz and most people in the 10 percent have mutations that leave their CFTR protein too garbled or incomplete to correct with any combination of fixer molecules.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
California For Subscribers The high school teacher turned lawyer accused of being a fixer for the Mexican Mafia
Oct. 27, 2022
Chavez, who taught English at high schools in Pomona while studying to become a lawyer at night, has maintained his innocence.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has said Weisselberg had a role in orchestrating the payments.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2024
The actress joined Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry David to parody her controversy of paying a fixer to get her daughters into USC.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
The legal drama spun around the question of whether Trump’s lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who had made the payoff to Daniels by drawing on his home equity, was reimbursed illegally with campaign funds.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
The original series was created by Ann Biderman and centered on a fixer whose relationship with his family is complicated.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Fixer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixer. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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fixer
noun
fix·er
ˈfik-sər 
1
: one that fixes
2
: sodium thiosulfate
also
: a solution of sodium thiosulfate
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