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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
And apparently a bone spear point was worth trying to fix up and reuse, because traces of grinding show that someone tried to smooth out the crack, probably with a stone tool.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
The impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs will soon make fixing up your home cost a lot more.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Phase 3 would have fixed up the second and third floors.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
And apparently a bone spear point was worth trying to fix up and reuse, because traces of grinding show that someone tried to smooth out the crack, probably with a stone tool.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
The impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs will soon make fixing up your home cost a lot more.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Phase 3 would have fixed up the second and third floors.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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With a bus system known for being unreliable and inconvenient, some advocates and commuters say work will need to be done to rebuild trust with riders and to entice new ones to see the bus as a viable option.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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His approach was patient and decisive, allow the company as a whole to rebuild trust and achieve significant financial growth.—
David Villa,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Emerging platforms are now helping standardise commercial and financial data, enabling firms to shift from retrospective reporting to predictive forecasting, without the need to overhaul entire tech stacks.—
Angelica Krystle Donati,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top advisor to President Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.—
Chris Megerian,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Cell division is how the body repairs itself from any damage.1617 Zinc contributes to essential functions such as DNA and RNA synthesis and protein formation.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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The vehicles are equipped with 2.5L HEV or PHEV engines repaired incorrectly under recall 23V380.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Mia’s father, Bill, was away on a trip and was patched in to the call.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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So far, the program has surfaced one universal jailbreak which Anthropic subsequently patched, a spokesperson says.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
22 May 2025
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In the now-legendary Paris exhibition, the curators reconstructed her house (a model of her home was in the Wits Art Museum exhibition) and invited her to paint it in the same style.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Hospital death records helped Baham's team reconstruct some biographical moments of the 13 men and four women.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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She was aided on the DeLeon groundout by a spectacular play by Karlie Davison at second base, who laid out to field the ball and made a strong throw to beat the runner to first.—
Ethan Westerman,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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On May 22, a third woman was charged for aiding two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the jail known as the Orleans Justice Center, according to police.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Optimists like Marc Andreessen, co-creator of the Mosaic browser, insist that artificial intelligence will solve our most pressing problems—curing disease, eliminating scarcity, even boosting creativity to superhuman levels.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Within three months, Dave, a physical therapist in Overland Park, cured my leaky gut problem.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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As the Hall of Fame notes, the group was heavily influenced by Black musician Lesley Riddle, who helped A.P. with songs and taught Maybelle his guitar style.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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This top-down approach helps counteract the unconscious biases that drive always-on expectations.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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