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verb

past tense of repair

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of repaired
Adjective
The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 That can mean fewer repaired roofs, fewer modernized science laboratories, fewer accessible entrances and elevators, fewer upgraded heating and cooling systems, fewer lead and asbestos remediation projects and fewer safety improvements. — Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 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 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
Verb
The Rays spent 2025 at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees’ spring training ballpark, while damage to their stadium from Hurricane Milton was repaired. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 In interviews, Syrians interpreted the minister’s answers to mean prices will return to normal in two months after the refinery is repaired. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026 Daley also warns buyers to look out for furniture with veneers which often peel or chip off and can’t be repaired. — Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026 Yet Hubble is no longer a telescope that can simply be repaired whenever something breaks. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The contractor two days later reported that faulty components had been repaired, but testing by Eversource resulted in further failures, and the building has remained dark since then. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 After being hurt, Mahomes didn’t wait for the swelling in his knee to go down before having the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) in his left knee repaired. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Technology can increase efficiency, but trust must still be earned, safety felt and conflict repaired. — Kristina Aran, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Even if the damage can be repaired quickly, the pipeline can always be attacked again. — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • However, the Golden State might be a difficult place for retirees focused on affordability to stretch a fixed income.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • What Your Portfolio Is Telling You One of the biggest mistakes retirees can make is treating spending as a fixed number regardless of market conditions.
    — Robert Cannon, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, the department formally removed the vacated Biden-era rule from the Code of Federal Regulations and restored the earlier regulatory language.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Oil prices, meanwhile, rose in their latest swings amid uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the flow of crude to be fully restored.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • With the town motel still not having been rebuilt, John stays at Hal’s for the night, where feeding his carnivorous alien plant Earl helps the former hero’s demise truly set in.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The city determined in 2024 that the park was outdated and needed to be completely rebuilt.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Renovation will only yield temporary improvement unless the original cause of a poor-quality lawn is remedied.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
  • His ballpark and facilities fell into disrepair, a situation that may be remedied under the stewardship of new owner Stan Kroenke, who entered an agreement to purchase the team this week at a $4 billion valuation.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Negotiations on both fell apart earlier this month but could still be revived in the lame duck session.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Founding members Scherzinger, Wyatt and Roberts revived PCD earlier this year following a brief reunion as a quintet in 2019.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the paper, the team reconstructed how the collapse of the Hunga volcano unfolded.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • What happened—which can be reconstructed from messages that the agents sent one another and from traces of their own internal reasoning, known as chain-of-thought records—makes for gripping reading.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During her pregnancy, Katie recreated the cover of her mom’s iconic 1990 workout video, Pregnancy Plus Workout.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The San Felipe Fort was recreated in Central London during winter by a creative team led by a female cinematographer, editor and production designer.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Hacktron’s report and said the vulnerabilities have since been patched.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While BlueMoon leaves plenty of indications that it’s being used and all three vulnerabilities have been patched, Proofpoint said the kit may nonetheless continue to be used.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

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

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