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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
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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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Emerging platforms are now helping standardise commercial and financial data, enabling firms to shift from retrospective reporting to predictive forecasting, without the need to overhaul entire tech stacks.—
Angelica Krystle Donati,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Sacramento has since overhauled its roster and leadership, acquiring DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, firing Coach of the Year Mike Brown, replacing GM Monte McNair with Scott Perry, and trading De’Aaron Fox.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2025
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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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Find the hole in the inner tube, patch it or replace the tube, then restretch the tire back onto the wheel.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
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
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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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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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Optimists like Marc Andreessen, co-creator of the Mosaic browser, insist that artificial intelligence will solve our most pressing problems—curing disease, eliminating scarcity, even boosting creativity to superhuman levels.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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One woman’s sign stated it had been proven that Young’s treatments could cure cancer.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Even without White, the trio has helped the Fever climb back to .500, as Indiana defeated Chicago, 79-52, in the first WNBA game played at the United Center with a Sky-record 19,496 in attendance.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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This legislation helps ensure Black communities are not left behind as transit technology moves forward.—
Al Sharpton,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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