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present participle of fix
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to remove the sex organs of the animal shelter requires a pledge from the adoptive owner that they will have their new pet fixed

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fixing

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noun

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Recent Examples of fixing
Verb
Back in the main cabin of the de Havilland Museum’s Comet, one side of the aircraft has been stripped away to reveal the skin of the fuselage and the fixings around the airplane’s windows, plus the rivets used to hold them in place. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 This isn’t a problem if the game continues to work properly, but back then there were many bug-like issues that needed fixing. PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
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Many Iranians wonder why their government spends so much money and effort on picking fights with Israel, the United States, and their allies, rather than on fixing its own corruption. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025 Woods celebrated in lowkey fashion, shaking hands with his playing partner and eventually picking his ball out of the hole – only after fixing some divots on the green. Ben Morse, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fixing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing
Verb
  • That hasn't stopped the administration from putting US tech through the wringer at home, though.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Above all, Durbin said nothing DHS or ICE is doing at the naval base can interfere with its mission which includes putting thousands of men and women through boot camp to become sailors.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • The local media loved this and similar stunts the group pulled, such as attaching wings to bicycles, attempting to fly over the river, and towing bicycles on rafts behind canoes.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The film begins with a notation that Short illegally recorded one performance of the show by attaching two microphones to a chain link fence that served as Godspell’s spare backdrop.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • The two stuck close to each other's sides while posing for the cameras, even deciding to share a smooch to celebrate the exciting night.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Sunday government officials did not conduct any data projections before deciding to roll back vaccine mandates to assess the impact this move would have on the state’s overall case numbers.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Today, Anousheh is the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that has helped solve massive social problems by setting grand challenges for teams to compete and solve.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even after the government's social media restrictions were rolled back, the protests continued on Tuesday in Kathmandu, the capital, were protestors were reportedly setting homes of political leaders on fire.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • This education gap in preparing employees to use AI and other new technologies effectively is a glaring, industry-wide need.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Originally preparing for former LSU and Ole Miss QB Walker Howard, the Tigers will instead see redshirt freshman Daniel Beale.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • One option for repairing the elevated freeway includes removing a portion of it between the Marquette Interchange and the Hoan Bridge, according to the resolutions, and instead building surface streets.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Sumpter’s husband has discovered that the Nipple Nurture Balm is just as effective at soothing and repairing dry, cracked lips.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Pulte’s criminal referral against Cook presented Trump with another avenue for bending the traditionally independent Fed to his will, securing a majority of the Fed’s board by firing Cook, a move that Cook has sued to block.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Despite securing a landslide election victory in July 2024, Labour is now facing a rising challenge from the upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party, which currently leads national opinion polls and is holding a national conference in Birmingham on Friday.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • By embedding traceability into every layer of operations, companies meet regulatory demands and build consumer trust in an increasingly competitive market.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Amazon is also prototyping AI smart glasses that will guide its delivery drivers on the road, embedding a small screen in their field of vision [Yahoo Finance, 2025].
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Fixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixing. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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