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renovations

noun

plural of renovation
1
as in rehabilitations

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as in improvements

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Recent Examples of renovations About a year and a half after accepting the project – and more than $600,000 in renovations later – the center renovation wrapped in December. — Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium undergoing renovations Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, where the Memphis Tigers play their home football games, is in the midst of a $220 million renovation. — John Beifuss, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renovations
  1. facelift
  2. improvements
  3. restorations
  4. modifications
  5. alterations
  6. adjustments
Noun
  • The plan for development on the island got a facelift in 2024.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The mom of four remained awake during the procedure, which has been lauded by several celebrities as a facelift alternative.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of facelift
Noun
  • On Saturday, Pappas told journalists that the NFL made additional improvements since the union's concerns were raised.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Those improvements followed the July incident in which thousands of OpenAI’s AI agents found a way to hack out of their sandbox, with hundreds of them participating in a cyberattack against the AI company Hugging Face.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of improvements
Noun
  • Millions of dollars in taxpayer funds were also allegedly misspent on luxury vacations, vintage car restorations, and commercial properties unrelated to homeless housing, federal prosecutors charge.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Crews are about halfway through one of the biggest restorations the Twin Cities has ever seen.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of restorations
Noun
  • The best way forward would be to start over, or at least to negotiate modifications to the June accord’s terms.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
  • To do this, workers make surgical modifications and upgrades to key plant equipment, including turbines, pumps, motors and cooling systems.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of modifications
Noun
  • These are often added within the alterations process by a tailor and are customized to the height of the dress wearer.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • One of his biggest alterations, which came late in the process, were to the nails on the hands.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of alterations
Noun
  • Further, while about 4,000 workers across Hartford HealthCare’s hospitals, ambulatory locations, and support functions will benefit from this increase, an additional 4,000 will benefit from compression adjustments, the documents show.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • When compliance adjustments are made incrementally, organizations may overlook broader alignment.
    — Katherin Nukk-Freeman, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of adjustments

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“Renovations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renovations. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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