fixing up

present participle of fix up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing up
Verb
  • Soros is also an investor in Vice, which has quietly been slightly rebuilding its news output around founder Shane Smith’s podcast.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With good teams climbing out of holes or sliding into them and rebuilding teams leveling up faster than expected, 2025 feels more up for grabs than any season in recent memory.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The e-commerce giant is planning to add about 40 next-generation robotics warehouses by the end of 2027 and has already begun overhauling old fulfillment centers, per the report.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Oklahoma has spent the past few years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride about America’s history, with political leaders and legislators working their way through the conservative agenda for overhauling education.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now working for United Airlines as an avionics technician at Newark Liberty International Airport, repairing plane engines and electrical systems, the 25-year-old has already doubled her investment in the program and makes over six-figures.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead, the research team plans to test the new compounds in animal and human studies, in hopes that this could lead to a new approach for slowing or repairing brain degeneration for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Police body cam footage recreates the months that led up to the tragic shooting, reconstructing the tale of a woman who frequently complained about the neighborhood's kids and hurled racial slurs at them before claiming the life of one of their mothers.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Red and Purple Modernization Project is reconstructing infrastructure along those color train lines.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • United did survey fans about a new stadium last year and stated that 52 per cent of the 50,000-plus season ticket holders, executive club members and members preferred a new build, compared with 31 per cent who supported refurbishing the existing stadium.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That’s how artist Hadley Clark approaches reinventing and refurbishing textiles.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other costly facilities improvements include renovating four high school theaters in addition to replacing and renovating roofs, floors, playgrounds, paint and stucco throughout the district.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But then the country reassessed the risk of being so close to the front line, and invested a lot in things like renovating and expanding its network of bomb shelters.
    Teri Schultz, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chapters on finding employment lawyers, securing health care, minimizing expenses, and locating hole-patching income sources alternate with stories of high-profile women who lost their jobs, including Lisa Kudrow, Katie Couric, and Oprah.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Until the matching grants kick in, DPW will use that money for strip-patching battered roads.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Fixing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixing%20up. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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