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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
During sleep, neurons go quiet, ROS are cleared, and damaged mitochondria are repaired or recycled. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 It's also built to be repaired, with a user-replaceable battery and minimized screws for keyboard and component access. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026 Dutch hardware brand Fairphone has been remedying this for a few years now, with its line of gadgets that are designed to be repaired and used for years longer than usual. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 Insurance payouts for mortgaged homes damaged or destroyed by fires are typically not sent directly to homeowners but instead are held by lenders or servicers, who then disburse the funds in tranches as a home is rebuilt or repaired. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The museum confirmed the incident occurred on October 4 but found no signs to explain how a three-hundred-year-old bowl could have fallen onto a box below, breaking both objects, which are now being repaired. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 That preparation became even more important when the ice machine at his postal station stopped working and was not repaired, Carla Gates said. — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 In total, between 150 and 200 cables are damaged each year and usually repaired quickly. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 The two have since repaired their relationship, appearing together at several recent events. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • Most trailers in this weight class include a topper tent for accommodations or a fixed bed inside a teardrop shell.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For seniors with a fixed income, that extra cash is often spendable money that ends up back in the economy.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The two-story, Georgian stone building that was originally built around 1680 was destroyed by an earthquake in 1840 and was last restored in 1983.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once service is restored, customers may notice discolored water or air in their pipes.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The effects crew also rebuilt Rocky’s transparent xenonite barriers digitally to remove reflections, hide operators and maintain the complicated play of light through the set.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Paris installation is only a small part of the project, however, since the glass factory is being rebuilt in spaces including Red Clay Studio in Tamale and a British-era colonial building.
    — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, there are AI safety researchers who fear that portraying such incidents as easily remedied security failures gives political cover to those who want AI development to proceed unchecked.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That the mandamus order requires the FCC to abandon its deliberation process is itself an injury that cannot be remedied after the fact.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The two revived the tradition one Mother’s Day as Bellorado-Samuels found herself on the hunt for more space.
    — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Apu is being revived amid a climate of rising anti-South Asian and Indian hate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The visitor area of Federal Prison Camp Bryan, where Fielder and Holmes would meet, had to be reconstructed essentially from memory.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • From these fragments of intelligence, scientists reconstructed journeys that took place largely beyond their view.
    — Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mulder's dingy little base of operations has been stunningly recreated here, with both overt references and subtle nods that X-Files fans will appreciate.
    — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Artists tracked Gosling’s on-set performance and recreated it within digital environments, allowing Fraser to choose new camera positions without discarding the original acting.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gavin Newsom and Mark Ruffalo haven’t patched things up since David Ellison’s contentious mega-bucks Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery merger was approved and completed earlier this month.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • That’s bad enough, but the agent also launched with a zero-day vulnerability that, luckily, has been patched.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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