fix up

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Recent Examples of fix up 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 Those people doled out thousands of dollars, believing that Whalen would fix up and manage the properties on their behalf. 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 See All Example Sentences for fix up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
  • In return, New York acquired multiple first-round picks in 2026 and 2027, signaling a willingness to accumulate early picks and target premium prospects in a bold move to rebuild from the ground up.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on shares to equal weight from overweight and cut its price target $81 from $179, saying the company’s new efforts to rebuild its offerings will take time.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • One of Guiducci’s first moves was overhauling the magazine’s Hollywood staff, such as by jettisoning some of the publication’s movie critics.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Those close game results can change on a dime, though, and Gonzaga overhauled the perimeter group around that pairing.
    Jim Root, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In June, the Swain contingent provided Ronin the funding to buy a company that repairs and overhauls systems for commercial aircraft.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • In addition, Keegan Murray is still sidelined after undergoing surgery to repair an ulnar collateral ligament tear in his left thumb.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Video of the encounter shows Lee at the front of the crowd when officers with Illinois State Police patches on their sleeves pushed in an apparent attempt to clear them from a paved area, and some demonstrators tried to hold their ground.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Keep your windows closed and patch any holes in screens to deter moths from entering your home.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • It was later taken over by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, who restored and reconstructed many parts.
    Fred He, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The new album’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across five vinyl variants (including one signed), two CD iterations (one of them signed), alongside a standard digital download album.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2025
  • He was put on another inhibitor, this time a MEK inhibitor, to aid in tumor shrinkage.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Gel polish that’s formulated for use with a lamp won’t properly cure without one.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • These included discoloration of the carbon after oven curing.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • For example, Smith said, in a major city during a holiday weekend, Prepared’s technology helped reduce the number of emergency calls operators had to handle by by 33% because AI was able to deal with non-critical calls like noise complaints.
    Julie Coleman, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Han says the funds raised through the Hong Kong listing will help the robotaxi firm continue to spend on R&D and deployment.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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