as in repairing
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 renovating
While Holloway was busy developing Vodkress, Deniot set to work renovating the farm.
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Ian Phillips,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Dirk and Martine, had first approached James and Jeff about renovating the existing lodge.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Crosby said the project is ahead of schedule despite challenges inherent in renovating a 200-year-old street.
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Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Purchasing and renovating the existing buildings could save as much as $111 million compared with constructing new facilities, according to county documents.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Despite her expertise, renovating her own space came with some apprehension — and dug up past pain.
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Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
The Truist five-year plan In August 2025, the bank announced a five-year plan to expand Truist by opening 100 branches, renovating more than 300 existing branches and hiring additional advisors.
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Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
And Zelizer points to President Truman massively renovating the White House, which at the time, was literally falling apart.
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Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Others have been listed for sale or have cut back on labor, renovating and adding machinery to soap and scrub as well as self-serve vacuum stations.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Ian Phillips,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Dirk and Martine, had first approached James and Jeff about renovating the existing lodge.
—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Crosby said the project is ahead of schedule despite challenges inherent in renovating a 200-year-old street.
—
Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Purchasing and renovating the existing buildings could save as much as $111 million compared with constructing new facilities, according to county documents.
—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Despite her expertise, renovating her own space came with some apprehension — and dug up past pain.
—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
The Truist five-year plan In August 2025, the bank announced a five-year plan to expand Truist by opening 100 branches, renovating more than 300 existing branches and hiring additional advisors.
—
Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
And Zelizer points to President Truman massively renovating the White House, which at the time, was literally falling apart.
—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Others have been listed for sale or have cut back on labor, renovating and adding machinery to soap and scrub as well as self-serve vacuum stations.
—
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovating
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The funding was also used to improve transportation access by adding bikeways, repairing sidewalks and upgrading transit signal priority infrastructure.
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The Lowelifes Respectable Citizens’ Club, a trail maintenance crew, is repairing it and hopes to have it online soon.
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After spending the past few seasons in rebuilding purgatory, the Utah Jazz are poised to get back into the NBA playoff mix in 2026-27.
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The good thing about morphing from a rebuilding team to a contender is the games carry much more meaning.
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Gloomy mood music Starmer, and the four leaders before him, all correctly diagnosed the UK’s perennial low growth problem and made fixing it their top priority.
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For me, this revision wasn't just about fixing what went wrong aesthetically.
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Megalodon’s Body Was Built For Dominance The most immediate problem in reconstructing the megalodon is that sharks are cartilaginous fish, which means that their skeletons are made of cartilage, not bone, which rarely survives fossilization.
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But the classic way of doing this involves an optical component that rotates within a camera, taking separate measurements of multiple parameters before reconstructing the full image.
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“Renovating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renovating. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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