as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
Not all of Howard County's excess surplus funding, which was made known to the Board of Education, will be used to fix up the schools, Executive Calvin Ball clarified in a letter.
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Dennis Valera, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The company has taken measures to fix up its balance sheet.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Dennis Valera, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The company has taken measures to fix up its balance sheet.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
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Iran rebuilt key facilities after both attacks.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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After her departure and some player graduations, Western Kentucky needed to rebuild the roster.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Celtics’ roster has been overhauled since the last time Tatum suited up.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The latest print comes after the government overhauled the framework for calculating economic output to improve accuracy.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Crews have repaired a broken boiler at the plant that caused the outage on Wednesday, leaving millions without power in the island’s western region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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First, this species was already known to repair its skin wounds without any sign of scarring.—
Mallory Locklear,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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If a hole develops in their postseason plans, the Mariners probably have enough trade capital to patch it.—
Kevin Sherrington
Mar. 6,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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After patching, sealing is key.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Curated with Titanic historian Claes-Göran Wetterholm, the exhibition draws on decades of research into those who were on board and uses artifacts and historical records to reconstruct individual stories tied to the disaster.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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Americans sent to help reconstruct the country and build a functioning government were relentlessly attacked.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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The alteration was discovered in a copy of the Book of the Dead (a tome filled with spells meant to aid the dead in their passage to the afterlife) that is believed to have been commissioned for a royal archive supervisor named Rambose.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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Beatrice, the glue to the ‘Newsnight’ setup, aided camaraderie and a relaxed positive vibe.—
Janelle Ash , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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If the steam shower doesn’t cure your jet lag, a color-therapy session in the soaking tub surely will.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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Kolter, the developer, reached an agreement with the Gateway Estates Park Homeowners' Association (HOA) to cure a notice of violation from the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources and the county's Building and Environmental Permitting Division.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Russell Westbrook has 25 points, a career-high 20 assists and 11 rebounds to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Clippers 120-108.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The deal comes a week after the Swiss company made a firm bid for specialty insurer Beazley Plc and started a $5 billion capital raise to help finance the transaction.—
Sonia Sirletti,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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