renovates

verb

present tense third-person singular of renovate
as in repairs
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 renovates The organization now also renovates multi-bedroom homes for families experiencing homelessness. — Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 Brooke touches upon the topic with her partner on the show, HGTV's Scott McGillivray, while the pair renovates different spaces in a Las Vegas home as part of the competition. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Nazuna For a smaller-scale option, check out Nazuna, which renovates traditional homes and runs them as small ryokan (traditional inns) or private villas. — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026 Murphy plans to expand the menu as the former Test Kitchen space renovates through the first half of 2026. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Feb. 2026 The company installs, renovates, maintains, repairs and replaces heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, monitoring, fire protection and other systems. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026 Camping World Stadium will be their home in 2027 while Jacksonville renovates EverBank Field. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026 The series — which renovates spaces for millennial families — blends Jazz’s eye for design, Jake’s woodworking skills and their joint love for cooking. — Emily Weaver, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 This issue offers readers an intimate look at how one of America’s most beloved and accomplished designers thoughtfully renovates historic homes, creating spaces that feel timeless, welcoming, and built for family life. — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovates
  1. repairs
  2. rebuilds
  3. reconstructs
  4. fixes
Verb
  • Lucky for the seven-time Grammy award–winner's hair (and Kara's job), Christina uses Nexxus Keraphix Liquid Crystallizer Reconstructive Leave-In Treatment Serum, a product that repairs past damage while protecting against future damage.
    — InStyle Editors, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Delilah becomes single, repairs her relationship with Percy and allows her friend to take control of the Tavern.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Definition of repairs
Verb
  • Jewett points out that there are plenty of applications, such as drug delivery and diagnostics, that don’t need a cell that fully rebuilds itself but could benefit from a facsimile like the SpudCell.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, and Tahar Rahim as Inspector Javert, Valjean’s relentless nemesis.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of rebuilds
Verb
  • The brain compares the relative signal strength across these three channels and reconstructs something on the order of a million distinguishable colors.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Using black box recordings, passenger videos, and onboard surveillance footage, Shipwrecked reconstructs the infamous disaster.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Definition of reconstructs
Verb
  • The patch fixes security vulnerabilities in Win32K, NTFS, Remote Desktop, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, Print Spooler, Media Foundation, the Windows installer, and the Windows kernel itself, among others.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
  • Someone should know who verifies the image, who speaks for the company, who explains what happened, who fixes the process that failed, and who keeps the organization from turning a teacup storm into a bathtub flood.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of fixes

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