as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in
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Recent Examples of renovate
Years ago the lake was closed, drained and renovated — its earlier brown water became inviting and clearer.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Fires ravaged the ballpark’s left-field bleachers in May 1926, and a tornado’s ferocious winds tore through additional sections of seats that July, and ownership could not afford to renovate.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
The plan included renovating the historic building, building an additional station north of the train tracks, and developing the surrounding land.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Besides a grill, Houzz found that other highly popular inclusions were beverage refrigerators (62 percent) and sinks (59 percent), while nearly half of renovating homeowners include a new faucet.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 June 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Fires ravaged the ballpark’s left-field bleachers in May 1926, and a tornado’s ferocious winds tore through additional sections of seats that July, and ownership could not afford to renovate.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
The plan included renovating the historic building, building an additional station north of the train tracks, and developing the surrounding land.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Besides a grill, Houzz found that other highly popular inclusions were beverage refrigerators (62 percent) and sinks (59 percent), while nearly half of renovating homeowners include a new faucet.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovate
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Bessent’s team will assess conditions in Gulf countries and request estimates of the cost of repairing damage inflicted by Iran since the start of the conflict.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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But no one who saw it on Saturday held much hope that it could be repaired.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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What’s new here is the possibility of a compound that actively rebuilds bone by targeting the body’s own cellular machinery.—
Allison Palmer
June 4,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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After losing everything in Montana, the couple tries to rebuild with Carter (Finn Little) but quickly runs into a new threat — a powerful rival ranch led by Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening) and her sons, who are determined to protect their empire at any cost, according to the series’ synopsis.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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His reporting in Kentucky exposed the inner workings of power, from revealing a House GOP leader’s ties to a gaming company during a legislative fight to reconstructing how a $125 million public project was fast-tracked with little transparency.—
Dana Banker,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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When something does go wrong, no one can reconstruct what the system actually was at the moment of failure.—
Pranay Ahlawat,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Congressional assistance in the bid to fix college sports could be headed back to the drawing board.—
Fisher Isbell,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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Except from one small group, who spied the women coming out of the pool and seemed to fix on them with special focus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Renovate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renovate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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