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Recent Examples of fix up
The funds would have also allowed the city to buy and fix up the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter, which is currently operated by the city but owned by Jackson County.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Handy with tools, Daniel offers to help Katie fix up her new home.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Even the dean of the council, Burke, wasn’t above shaking down a businessman who needed city permits to fix up a rundown Burger King.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
There’s still much to be done to fix up the space, Andrews said.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Handy with tools, Daniel offers to help Katie fix up her new home.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Even the dean of the council, Burke, wasn’t above shaking down a businessman who needed city permits to fix up a rundown Burger King.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
There’s still much to be done to fix up the space, Andrews said.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 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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The town of Jackson is rebuilding three months after the attack, but Ellie is still out for justice.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Democrats are facing a deluge of criticism from their base and are still in the midst of overhauling their messaging to combat Trump 2.0, particularly on finding ways to better connect with young male voters, who are skewing more conservative than their female counterparts.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Simultaneously, cybersecurity standards are being overhauled to prepare for future attacks by quantum computers.—
Ali El Kaafarani,
Forbes.com,
1 May 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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Amtrak’s excuse for killing so many trains for so many New Yorkers on some of the busiest routes in the country is that the federal railway monopoly will be repairing parts of the East River Tunnel.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite the real-life tension that will go on to define their 2025 feud, Flair and Stratton seemed to have patched things up backstage.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The new rules had some bad side effects and now hopefully, those holes have been patched.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
30 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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Nearly every element of the federal student aid system, from grants to aid disbursement to repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs, would be impacted if the plan is enacted.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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This event united golfers, sponsors, donors, vendors and volunteers to aid families facing financial and emotional hardships caring for a critically ill child — some of which include homelessness, hunger and depression.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
1 May 2025
Verb
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While antibiotics can help treat and cure the infection, if left untreated, TB can lead to severe infection, and even death.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2025
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Although mCRPC cannot be cured, treatment options are available to help slow the cancer and improve quality of life.—
Jamin Brahmbhatt,
Verywell Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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Hours after the alleged murder, the FBI helped find and arrest the men.—
Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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Bucky is helping Yelena lead the team, which is apparently now locked in a copyright battle with Sam Wilson, who seems to want to start his own non-governmental Avengers squad.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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