Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing up
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After completing another rebuilding job at TCU, Campbell now has a chance to lead the Horned Frogs to the Final Four in the place where everything started.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026 -
The Post found a franchise that lagged behind innovative industry leaders and remained stuck in the middle ground between going all-in for a championship and rebuilding its roster without ever fully committing to either.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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For policy makers, ADUs are viewed as an unobtrusive way to get more people in residential neighborhoods without overhauling that neighborhood’s character.—
Mark Dee
March 27,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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The smartest way to shop the season is not by overhauling your closet but by introducing a few pieces that instantly shift the mood.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2026
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The City of Fort Worth says the work is focused on repairing deteriorating concrete along a high-traffic corridor to improve safety and reliability.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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That included removing, repairing and replacing the building’s tin roof tiles — which look like clay — and maintaining the original window casings, matching the stucco and preserving quirks like porthole windows.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Understanding these building blocks is key to reconstructing how the universe evolved from the fiery hot plasma that permeated space after the Big Bang to the structured web of galaxies observed today.—
Mariangela Lisanti,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologist Eric Cline has spent his career forensically reconstructing why, and the answer is far stranger and more unsettling than a single catastrophic event.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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The foundation has helped thousands and thousands of kids in the region through refurbishing basketball courts, hosting basketball clinics and promoting academic enrichment.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Other project goals include refurbishing the pedestrian overpass, building a sound wall along Hannibal Street and adding a signal at the westbound ramps at the Centennial Way Interchange.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Hartford HealthCare is renovating 10 structures — some of them historic — for new uses.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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There has been talk of renovating the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for three decades and that’s all it’s been.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Gavin is a true leader, guiding a group of high school technicians through tasks such as hanging light plots, patching, and programming the light board.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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In 2023, the city reported that the pool leaked roughly 12,000 gallons of water each day of operation; patching work was able to service the leaks, but those measures were seen as a temporary fix.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
14 Mar. 2026
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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 1 Apr. 2026.
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