fixed up

past tense of fix up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixed up
Verb
  • With the town motel still not having been rebuilt, John stays at Hal’s for the night, where feeding his carnivorous alien plant Earl helps the former hero’s demise truly set in.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The city determined in 2024 that the park was outdated and needed to be completely rebuilt.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Blues haven’t overhauled their roster, but the changes are significant.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • For more than a year, the president has pushed for the center to be overhauled and for its performing arts programming to be shaken up — and his administration has pushed to add his name to the building.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As the principal developer, The Veterans Collective has refurbished several buildings and has plans to build others.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Regional officials said Monday that the pipeline will mostly be out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The gas was shut off in the area so the line could be repaired and future leaks prevented.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • What happened—which can be reconstructed from messages that the agents sent one another and from traces of their own internal reasoning, known as chain-of-thought records—makes for gripping reading.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Their defense, which has been slightly reconstructed since last year, is tasked with trying to figure out the Texans, who came up just short against Buffalo in Week 1.
    OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During the closure, the location will be renovated into a business center, scheduled to open in spring 2027.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • During the first half, Golden Goose opened stores in Athens, Rome and Istanbul, and renovated its Beijing Taikoo-Li South unit.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In addition, more than a dozen giants are currently in transition — that is, getting reconditioned or relocated.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The ship was raised in 1869 and reconditioned.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The ‘Noles were aided by three penalties on Mainland, two of the 15-yard variety, to get the ball to the 6-yard line.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But clear weather and relatively light winds aided air tankers, which dropped water on hot spots throughout Thursday, while hand crews and bulldozers strengthened fire lines around the fire.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
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“Fixed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixed%20up. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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