as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
Those people doled out thousands of dollars, believing that Whalen would fix up and manage the properties on their behalf.
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Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Three Billion Dollars for a job that should have been a $50 Million Dollar fix up.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
When Taniya returns to college in the fall, Derek and Latasha will live in their RV while working on fixing up the house.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
There was a doll to be fixed up and chastised with a hairbrush that was twice its length.
—Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Three Billion Dollars for a job that should have been a $50 Million Dollar fix up.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
When Taniya returns to college in the fall, Derek and Latasha will live in their RV while working on fixing up the house.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
There was a doll to be fixed up and chastised with a hairbrush that was twice its length.
—Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
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Trust can be rebuilt through consistent effort.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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What was perhaps most catastrophic to some was governmental agencies’ failure to adequately and equitably help citizens recover and rebuild.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The move came three years after the Democrat president's signature Affordable Care Act overhauled the health insurance market and marketed plans with minimum benefits such as prescription drug coverage, emergency and maternal care.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Westerman, of Hot Springs, has pushed for overhauling the current permitting system, leading a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on issues affecting energy and public infrastructure projects before the August recess.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As the body attempts to repair this damage, the healing process may not be complete or smooth, resulting in scars.—
Katlein Franca,
Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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After winning the High-A Northwest League pitcher of the year award last year with High-A Spokane, Sullivan underwent surgery to repair the labrum in his right hip.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now Beijing could patch things up by presenting itself as a more reliable partner than Washington.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Or making a commitment towards open-source technology, where standardization is common and popular tools are likely to be quickly patched to work with an agentic ecosystem.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Showrunner’s endeavor will deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques to reconstruct the lost footage.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The road to all these riches was aided by CBS’ failure to have the leverage of a backup plan for Romo five years ago.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Another strategy that might be employed by a therapist involves setting up behavioral experiments to aid in reducing AI usage and AI reliance.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tossing Tommy Nance into leverage situations doesn’t cure all.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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In their assessments, desegregation and the passage of time have cured all of America’s racial ills.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Field believes one of the key intersections between AI and design is that AI tools will help broaden access, letting more people become designers.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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