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Recent Examples of fix up
There’s still much to be done to fix up the space, Andrews said.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
Multiple factors are pushing the costs for building or fixing up home, according to the trade group.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
That involved the sellers putting up $80,000 in escrow for roof repairs and fixing up the property.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
In an interview with CT Mirror and ProPublica, Stefanski said fixing up cars is his hobby.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
Multiple factors are pushing the costs for building or fixing up home, according to the trade group.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
That involved the sellers putting up $80,000 in escrow for roof repairs and fixing up the property.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
In an interview with CT Mirror and ProPublica, Stefanski said fixing up cars is his hobby.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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With Sheinbaum still attacking the DEA as a symbol of American interventionism, all four of those competing agencies may have an easier time rebuilding trust with the Mexican government.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2025
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That’s the third year in a row and a testament to how Andy Stankiewicz has rebuilt the program.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Mellon and Duke overhauled their giving goals in accidental lockstep, with many of their changes hitting simultaneously in 2024.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Trump White House has overhauled the Oval Office with striking new gold trimming on portrait frames and tables.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the 50 years since, particularly the past 30 after formal relations were normalized in 1995, Washington has pursued reconciliation efforts with Hanoi, including a number of programs that sought to repair some of the damage the war wrought on generations of Vietnamese.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Rigid robots are prone to damage in unstable, cramped environments and are expensive to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Season 5 to explore new relationship, show creator says While some may still be rooting for Emily to patch things up with Gabriel, the focus of this upcoming season will be Emily's relationship with Marcello, Star told Tudum.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The derelict Brooklyn Queens Expressway, which has been deemed too brittle to patch, too cumbersome to bury, and too crucial to dismantle, keeps getting handed off to the next administration.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times reconstructed how the Trump administration and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador struck a deal that led to the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran prison.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Supply chains built over decades are being torn apart and reconstructed at great cost.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The investigation was aided by a confidential informant — one of Gonzalez’s former friends who got busted, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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In the wake of that visit, Van Hollen pressed for improved access for humanitarian organizations trying to aid Palestinians.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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However, there is no scientific evidence that supports the idea that this diet can prevent or cure cancer.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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No matter what causes PD, its symptoms can often be alleviated—even though the disease cannot be cured.—
Daryl Austin,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those advantages paired with 14 Heat turnovers helped the Cavaliers win the possession battle, taking eight more field-goal attempts and four more free throws than Miami.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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