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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
Each of the ramps being repaired along the route will be closed for three consecutive nights. Noah Daly july 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026 Trust is repaired through consistency, not perfection, Aquarius. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 The elegant, minimalist light pendants feel very Japanese, as do the large tatami mat–slash–window seats and ceramic wall hangings repaired with gold à la kintsugi. Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 These extreme weather changes can cause pavement to expand, crack and warp, rendering some roads unusable until they are repaired. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2026 In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 The Venezuelan College of Engineers (CIV) has launched emergency training sessions for engineers, architects and technical specialists who will inspect damaged structures and determine whether they can be repaired or must be demolished. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 The access points to the below-ground enrichment halls have not been repaired. Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 That can be repaired, and the shoes added back to your regular rotation. Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • There’s no fixed salary to fall back on.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Give Yourself Time To Become A Leader Remember that the transformation from founder to leader is an ongoing process, not a fixed state.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Modern networks are more resilient in disasters, an AT&T spokesman said, because they can be restored faster and are less vulnerable to damage and copper theft.
    Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • In July 2025, the National Museum of American History removed references to Trump from an exhibit on presidential impeachment but later restored them, though with some slight changes to the text.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay and record-to-report—these are being rebuilt as agent-run processes with a human exception queue, not human-run processes with a bit of automation sprinkled on.
    Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • And the Jayhawks have rebuilt their lineup at several positions.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • No problem, as this can be easily remedied.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The film was originally set to be directed by Melanie Laurent, but was put on hold during the pandemic and later revived with Morris directing.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026
  • Gounder now wonders if Wahl would have revived his attempt, from 15 years ago, to run for FIFA president.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Agents propose the move, make it and book it, and the audit trail falls out as a byproduct instead of getting reconstructed three weeks later.
    Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Garrod also recreated Renna’s first design, and bestseller, the gold coffee bean seashell on the walls of the space.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • The rig even measures the shadows between fingers and other body parts, so they can be recreated with perfect accuracy.
    Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Both vulnerabilities were patched, but the underlying class was not.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • After some behind-the-scene friction on Stranger Things, which Harbour and Brown have both acknowledged without elaborating on details, the two appear to have patched things up.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 June 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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