Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing up
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How To Stop Paying Isolation Tax Making an intentional effort toward connection can help you get started on rebuilding your social safety net.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
On the other hand, once opportunities are lost and talent is dispersed, rebuilding takes far more time and resources.—
Zeynep Hasgül,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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Smith attacked the language of the proposal as an attempt to mislead voters into overhauling the initiative petition process.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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But others have their sights set on completely overhauling the entertainment industry’s use of AI.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The brand’s signature protein-repairing peptide simultaneously takes a journey into the individual hair shaft to repair any damage, helping tackle a lack of volume on a long-term basis.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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For three decades, the shuttles flew 135 missions critical to helping astronauts reach space, constructing the International Space Station and launching, recovering and repairing satellites.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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These features are vital for reconstructing how early whales sensed their surroundings, hunted, and moved through the water.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Aug. 2025
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Like detectives reconstructing a crime scene or archaeologists inferring the entire shape of a pot from a minimal number of fragments, scholars of historical linguistics figure out the earlier forms that must have given rise to words in many different languages and connect the dots between them.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Russian military appears to be leveraging older Soviet-era tanks, refurbishing them and newer models to make up for the attrition.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Batt said Michigan State has signed a new concession deal with an outside provider, completed new, bigger scoreboards in the football stadium and is refurbishing its luxury boxes, all with an eye on generating more income.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Nevertheless, Fisch will have ended up proud of his squad after renovating his coaching staff in the off-season.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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The airport has brought in a company to build a new private terminal on hallowed ground, renovating what was once the historic Pan Am headquarters building.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Upon arriving at Matt’s house, however, Gino quickly learned that Jasmine was not open to patching things up.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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In response, manufacturers were required to submit a software bill of materials (SBOM), provide a patching and updating plan when vulnerabilities were discovered, and continuously monitor devices once in use.—
Christian Espinosa,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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 16 Sep. 2025.
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