FIXING UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fixing up

verb

present participle of fix up

as in rebuilding

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New ships to support Golden Dome The contract comes as the US government places greater emphasis on rebuilding domestic shipbuilding capacity and strengthening the maritime industrial base.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
The federal money would go toward projects like restoring and rebuilding infrastructure, parks, schools and senior centers, as well as housing and residential support.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026

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Moe DeWitt is an Orlando personal injury attorney who successfully litigated cases that involved DAVID abuse and helped lead to a law overhauling access to the system five years ago.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
The dueling Visa and Cerulli numbers highlight just how important the estimates have become for wealth managers and other companies overhauling their businesses to prepare for the next generation of wealth.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026

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Energy experts have said all along that repairing this damage would take some time, even if a sustainable peace deal was reached.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
That includes, but is not limited to, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, parks and public facilities; repairing and replacing aging infrastructure and storm drains; fire protection, paramedics, crime prevention and emergency response.

— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026

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In a similar vein, Forensic Architecture applies 3-D modeling and surveillance tools in reconstructing the assassination of Pavlos Fyssas, an anti-fascist rapper murdered by the Greek far-right Golden Dawn organization in 2013.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
The comprehensive renovation included reconstructing all greens and tees, reshaping fairways, modernizing bunkers, and upgrading irrigation systems.

— Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of reconstructing

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Other improvements for the east side of Dogwood Park would include refurbishing the ball fields and resurfacing the basketball courts.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
At the reopening ceremony, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum credited Trump for refurbishing the nation’s capital ahead of the Fourth of July.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

Definition of refurbishing

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Kansas City is proposing a $100 million bond to support the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which aims to create and rehabilitate affordable housing in the city and address blight by renovating vacant properties.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
In June, the sheriff’s department requested a transfer of $890,722 toward renovating the indoor shooting range, which the council approved.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of renovating

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In large enterprises, thousands of engineering hours each year go to keeping software current by patching libraries, updating frameworks, managing dependencies and maintaining audit evidence.

— Chris Brown, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, patching at least 570 security holes, almost triple the number fixed in last month’s record-breaking release, according to Krebs on Security.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 14 July 2026

Definition of patching

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The track also added three new track services trucks and a new fire truck this year, while reconditioning their vacuum truck and sweeper.

— Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
What refined it further was his time doing reconditioning PT, working with service members who had already failed their fitness tests and had six months to pass or face separation from the military.

— Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Apr. 2026

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