FIXED UP Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

fixed up

verb

past tense of fix up

as in rebuilt

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During an El Niño cycle in 1983, waves collapsed the landmark Seal Beach Pier, which has since been rebuilt.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But the team rebuilt, welcoming customers back several months later.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebuilt

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The Cowboys overhauled that side of the ball, most notably with the hiring of first-time defensive coordinator Christian Parker.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
When the deal was finalized, the new owners overhauled the management team, bringing in John Hutchison, the former chief executive officer of Bonobos, as the new chief to succeed Trevor Shimpfky.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of overhauled

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Images from favorite works crowd the walls and a circa-1910 heat press (refurbished to run on electricity) sits majestically in the corner while a pair of Japanese Daruma dolls—talismans of goal setting—keep watch.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Administration officials said previously that stonework and plaster on the structure were being refurbished because of routine damage from age and weather exposure.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of refurbished

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He was especially taken with the original plaster walls, never repaired or covered over, that were chipping away to reveal layers of paint, plaster, and brick from the building’s previous iterations.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
The Greek Revival-style apartment house has been vacant since 2017, when all of its tenants left, reportedly due to a broken boiler that was never repaired.

— JC Reindl, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of repaired

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Founded in 1960 and renovated in the 2010s, the museum in the south of France celebrates the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an impressionist painter who died in 1919.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
The stadium’s concourse — which was renovated in 2025 — also had power, so concessions remained in service.

— David Ubben, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of renovated

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Gray’s night was aided by terrific defense, as is usually the case in scoreless outings.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Now, experts fear a persistent failure is colliding with a rapid expansion of immigration enforcement — one pushed to deliver record numbers of arrests, increasingly aided by state and local police and operating with fewer internal checks.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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