1
as in remodeling
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2
as in improvement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovation
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That’s an improvement from June, when the rate of annual inspections conducted within 16 months was just 21.2%, according to the department’s testimony.—
Danielle J. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Iowa ranked 72nd in scoring and 117th in total offense under new coordinator Tim Lester last season, an improvement over the previous two years when the Hawkeyes were at or near the bottom of the FBS rankings in both categories.—
John Bohnenkamp,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection Adapted from Nora Ephron’s eponymous 1983 novel, Heartburn recounts with certain slight modifications the events that precipitated her divorce from journalist Carl Bernstein in 1980.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Open-source software generally refers to software in which the source code is made freely available on the web for possible modification and redistribution.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Hemphill's lawyer, a public defender assigned to represent him at least through his arraignment, had urged Scherzer to move him to a rehabilitation facility to deal with substance abuse issues.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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There also will be clinical services, including physical and occupational therapies, speech pathology services, and specialized programs dedicated to neurological, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation rehabilitation.—
Stephanie Lam,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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The menu alterations were caught and court records show that none of the changes ever reached the printing stage.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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In her hands, every alteration is an act of care—a continuation of Black sartorial tradition and a subtle resistance to being forgotten.—
Shelton Boyd-Griffith,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2025
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So this restoration process and the timing of restorations are built entirely around safety.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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While many of the existing exhibits will remain, the redesign is giving the team a chance to perform vital restoration work and present the stunning spacecraft and other displays there in a new light.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Francis’s revision of Catholic teaching on the death penalty, though in continuity with recent predecessors, struck many Catholics as discordant with earlier teaching.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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Housewives: where rhinoplasty revisions are just part of the glow-up journey.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Dean Henderson and Maxence Lacroix both make it on account of being reclamation projects.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The company, incorporated in New York, is a refrigerant services company that provides solutions for the refrigeration industry, including the sale, recovery, reclamation, and reuse of refrigerant gases.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Mar. 2025
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Additions or adjustments can be sent to editors@deadline.com.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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But adjusting to the high level of media scrutiny is an ordinary adjustment any player coming from a small media market such as Milwaukee must handle.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Renovation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renovation. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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