FIXES UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fixes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of fix up

as in rebuilds

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The lots get sold, and Mayor Karen Bass rebuilds them for the homeless at $2 million per unit.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Cristobal pointed out that most of his jobs have been rebuilds.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebuilds

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At these events, Susie repairs leather items, such as belts and purses, even leather vests and jackets, but usually not shoes.

— Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Autonomous navigation Transcatheter closure is a minimally invasive technique that repairs structural heart defects without open-heart surgery.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

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The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Meyer reconstructs the bureaucratic and financial machinery behind the rescues, one of his book’s genuinely valuable contributions.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconstructs

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By Childs’s count, Tuesday’s release patches 972 vulnerabilities, and 997 when counting the porting of fixes for the Chromium browser incorporated into Edge.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
The unisex capsule, consisting of nine items, offers a nostalgic take on the history of F1, drawing on style icons like the late Ayrton Senna and the sponsor logo patches on drivers’ uniforms.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2026

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