mends

present tense third-person singular of mend
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as in compensates
to make up for (an offense) the proverb "least said, soonest mended" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean

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as in improves
to change one's behavior or character for the better everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend

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Verb
  • Rudely treated like a worker drone by the men organizing the show, Angèle’s job is beautification but also repairs.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On today’s models, repairs as simple as replacing a windshield wiper can require access to a vehicle’s computer systems to appropriately diagnose and fix the problem.
    Dwayne Myers, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • But unless the ball rolls out of the end zone, the play is live until somebody recovers the ball, as the referee explained on the microphone after the play.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This approach recovers as much as 80% of the original capacity.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the next breakthrough enters the doctor’s office—whether AI, gene therapy, or an unimagined technology—trust will remain the essential ingredient that determines whether medicine heals not just illness, but healthcare itself.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Put simply, action heals minds.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A little over half of that burden will hit farmers directly in the form of falling retail prices, SBI said, unless the government compensates for the loss.
    Sriram Iyer, executive editor, CNBC-TV18, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The compliance inherent to the finger effectively compensates for the inaccuracies in human actuation, leading to robust behavior.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2022
Verb
  • Enrique Iglesias Climbs Everywhere The same compilation also improves on the Top Latin Albums chart, which is more competitive than the more specific Top Latin Pop Albums tally.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Each piece of evidence, Lane and other experts said, greatly improves law enforcement’s chances of identifying the suspect.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • For political operatives, the crafting of partisan redistricting maps is the miracle elixir that cures party ills and keeps politicians entrenched for generations.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Yes, the Constitution fixes the timing of elections.
    Aron Solomon September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The water authority follows up with a phone call to make sure the homeowner fixes the issue.
    Yvette Fernandez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And foxes are the most expensive animals the facility rehabilitates.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • However, his most significant impact came in his community outreach work with OMNI New York, which acquires, builds, and rehabilitates affordable housing in the New York metropolitan area.
    John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Mends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mends. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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