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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing up
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Many people leave treatment committed to rebuilding their lives — but without stable housing, transportation, employment or reliable support systems.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026 -
None of those teams are rebuilding.—
Spencer Nusbaum,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The crash comes at a time when Independence is overhauling its vehicle and foot pursuit policy after an audit found officers often launched high-speed chases in residential areas, sometimes for minor violations.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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Google has been overhauling its business for the AI age, seeking to win over both everyday customers and corporate users.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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It is also intended to support rehabilitation, repairing harm to the community and those directly impacted by the offender’s action, and reinforcing community norms and values.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Studios of that era didn’t track it, the data was never compiled, and reconstructing the precise composition of a 1930s production team is mostly guesswork.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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This is likely because surviving injury would have mattered more than perfectly reconstructing tissue months later.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The rules also encourage refurbishing to extend product life, but final responsibility ends only when the product is properly recycled.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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According to the district, funding investments include building a new high school, improving ADA accessibility, renovating two pools, updating HVAC systems, bathrooms, refurbishing athletic centers and more.—
Ross DiMattei,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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New York nightlife veteran Jayma Cardoso opened the Surf Lodge back in 2008, renovating an unassuming motel on the edge of Fort Pond years before Montauk became a hotbed of BFA paparazzi photos and brand activations.—
Waiss Aramesh,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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Affordable housing The 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
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
Verb
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While vulnerability discovery once required significant human effort, the company says advanced systems can now uncover flaws at a scale that overwhelms traditional patching workflows.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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The limited group that was part of the initial Mythos release got a head start on patching vulnerabilities, but there is a downside.—
Hugh Son,Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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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
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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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“Fixing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixing%20up. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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