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
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Reeve was able to rebuild a championship-level contender around Collier, an MVP contender this season, and a group of veteran players who aren’t likely to someday have busts next to Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles, Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen.—
Matthew Coller,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The stress of finding housing, steady work, and a supportive environment can be overwhelming, especially when paired with the burden of rebuilding trust.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Much of the playbook for sports law has been overhauled over the last two decades.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The vote came more than four hours after the House also advanced a first-in-the-nation plan that would overhaul Missouri’s initiative petition process, the state’s most visible form of direct democracy that allows citizens to put measures on the ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Research by John Gottman and colleagues shows that the most stable couples are those who can repair quickly after a rupture, within three minutes of a conflict, to be precise, so as to pre-emptively stop the conflict from rupturing into an uncontrollable one.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by oysters, the new glue is designed to repair broken bones quickly without the need for metal plates, screws, or big surgeries.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Given the similar zero-days, this contrasts unfavorably with Apple’s ability to patch all iPhones right away, in much the same way as iOS 26 will be deployed onto iPhones globally next week while most Galaxy owners face a long wait for One UI 8.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Jones is among several players from AFC East rivals who recently signed to patch a secondary together around veteran safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Developers should be able to reconstruct task graphs showing the sequence of agent decisions, branching logic and results.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then, in 2011, Apple reconstructed the cube in the same location, same size, but with only 15 panels, minimizing the number of seams and hardware while maximizing transparency.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the other crimes, court documents note Denis allegedly aided in filing false joint tax returns in 2018, 2019 and 2020, resulting in claims of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent refunds each year.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The album’s sales gain was aided by the wide release of its standard 12-track CD to brick-and-mortar retailers.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once cured, the Cantabrian anchovies are packed in Spanish olive oil.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yellowing can happen with some topcoats when they’re cured, giving nails an unwanted, slightly off-color tint.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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Supporters argue the task force helped modernize parts of the justice system and address racial disparities.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Under captain Eric Brown, the GB&I team was even instructed not to help opponents search for lost balls.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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