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verb

past tense of repair

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Recent Examples of repaired
Adjective
After a fracture, the body moves through overlapping stages of repair that include inflammation, formation of new tissue and, later, remodeling of the repaired area. Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026 To help prevent future settling, monitor the area weekly and add 1/2 inch or less of your soil mix as a top dressing to the repaired area. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Also, in a game that requires the quick twitch of athleticism, Kobe Bryant, post-surgically repaired Achilles, never looked the same while languishing on a Lakers team that never won more than 27 games in his final three years. Candace Buckner, New York Times, 14 May 2026 The Niners are pushing their chips to the center of the table and betting their entire 2026 season on the repaired Achilles tendon of a 32-year-old. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026 Black Crowes recently appeared on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, during which Robinson claimed that his repaired relationship with Rich lit the way for Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher to do the same in 2025. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026 At a news conference afterward, Lemley displayed her repaired medal. CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 When the filler is dry, use fine-grit sandpaper to smooth the surface around the repaired area. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026 In her case, the concern trolling seemed to come largely from fans and bystanders, who questioned the safety of skiing competitively after 40 and on a repaired knee. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Verb
Some of the migrants eventually returned, but the diplomatic rupture was only repaired when Spain backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara in 2022. Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 July 2026 According to the mayor, the fire system has been repaired and will be tested next week. Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Hollywood insider Rob Shuter is reporting that despite the recent good press, the relationship is nowhere near repaired. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 30 July 2026 Her approach replaces fragmented treatment with connected insight, making health something shaped proactively rather than repaired after the fact. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 30 July 2026 After Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire in November 2024, Farah had the damage to his house repaired and came back to live there until the war restarted in March. Jane Arraf, NPR, 26 July 2026 Aided by some local experts in Nova Scotia, all the boats were repaired. Andrew Rice, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Car rental companies can charge you for the number of days the car is out of service, while being repaired! Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 The system was not properly repaired, the lawsuit says, until May 2025, four months after Urrutia died. Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • It is earned in increments, and a fixed level of autonomy ignores that completely.
    Ravi Palwe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • On the first Thursday over 100,000 fans visited a complex which has around half that many fixed seats.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • While their ranks were restored, they were not put directly back in their previous positions in the Criminal Investigations Division.
    Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • So, the agency used the platform to justify stopping everything, but the careful, patient-by-patient benefit-risk judgment that restored access was applied to only one disease state.
    Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Second, the bundle is being rebuilt, with pricing pressure attached.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • As most of the synagogue is rebuilt with a memorial and antisemitism exhibits, new families and alliances with other shooting survivors signal a determined, hopeful future for Tree of Life.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • Major Pest Problems As with petunia diseases, minor infestations of aphids, spider mites, and other petunia pests can often be remedied, but major pest problems may require plants to be replaced.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • The typical culprit is a lack of nitrogen, which is easily remedied with a general-purpose fertilizer.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • The controversial plan also revived longstanding criticism of Infantino’s leadership style.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Oregon State Police then matched Watson’s DNA from the blood at the 2020 Georgia riot, which revived the FBI’s investigation.
    Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The result is an organizational context reconstructed repeatedly.
    Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Because most ancient languages left no record, Blasi and his team reconstructed their history indirectly.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Forty-five years after Diana wed the future King Charles on July 29, 1981, in her spectacular gown, her dress designer has recreated the missing veil.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Avalon recreated both images for the front and back cover of Pink Pocket Pistol — with one key difference.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • The same case has been observed scoring differently across separate runs, non-determinism that is a structural property of large language models, not a defect to be patched.
    Alex Ford, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The homeowners also patched the roof of their house before rain fell that evening — a crucial step because the fragile meteor is porous and sucks in water from the air, Jenniskens said.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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