as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
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Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Typically aldermen can help steer TIF money toward a variety of infrastructure projects in their ward — fixing up roads, lighting, or rehabbing sites for other private developments to occur.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Those people doled out thousands of dollars, believing that Whalen would fix up and manage the properties on their behalf.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Three Billion Dollars for a job that should have been a $50 Million Dollar fix up.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Typically aldermen can help steer TIF money toward a variety of infrastructure projects in their ward — fixing up roads, lighting, or rehabbing sites for other private developments to occur.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Those people doled out thousands of dollars, believing that Whalen would fix up and manage the properties on their behalf.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Three Billion Dollars for a job that should have been a $50 Million Dollar fix up.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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After a period of wild and mostly erratic spending under Farhad Moshiri’s ownership left them in dire financial straits, the club are trying to rebuild cautiously under the Friedkin Group.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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But instead of rebuilding at home, Intel doubled down on China.—
Andrew King,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the meantime, Father Joe’s has relied on private donors to overhaul the Paul Mirabile Center.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Starbucks has announced more plans to overhaul its menu to cater to a more health-conscious consumer.—
John Toher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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What matters is whether kids learn how to repair.—
Reem Raouda,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
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The clock in the nearby village has broken several times in recent years, each time taking weeks to repair.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Instead of blindly patching across fleets of systems, the platform uses intelligence to highlight the vulnerabilities most likely to be exploited.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Also, a slew of transfers have enabled the Golden Bears to patch holes in the depth chart, with tailback Kendrick Raphael (NC State), receiver Jacob De Jesus (UNLV), edge rusher TJ Bush (Liberty) and cornerback Hezekiah Masseson (Florida International) playing prominent roles.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Log intent, context and outcomes for each agent to reconstruct transaction graphs for audits, compliance and incident response.—
Eric Olden,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Many years later, Ford had the building reconstructed in Greenfield Village.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Along with livestreaming the show, Amazon and Bad Bunny’s Good Bunny Foundation reached a multi-year agreement to aid the island by investing in initiatives related to education, technology, food delivery, agriculture support, and economic development.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2025
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Fighting altitude sickness, sunburn, rain and hail, Cai and his fireworks team spent more than a week setting up the explosion trails — aided by drones that ran uphill 600-plus times, waterproof firework pots were placed at various points along the 3,000-meter pathway.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Once the goo is on her, ideally, Ellen will just chill until the substance cures or whatever the heck it’s supposed to do.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The chief chemist of Chrysler, Don Swazey, agreed to saturate several layers of the cloth with the epoxy, then put it in a press and cure it at 325°.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
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Now in its 113th year, the initiative connects letters to Santa with individuals and organizations that volunteer to help fulfill holiday wishes.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Change is inherently pressured, and building 'organizational muscles' in times of adversity helps make teams more resilient and ultimately antifragile.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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