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verb

past tense of repair

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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
He was especially taken with the original plaster walls, never repaired or covered over, that were chipping away to reveal layers of paint, plaster, and brick from the building’s previous iterations. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026 The Greek Revival-style apartment house has been vacant since 2017, when all of its tenants left, reportedly due to a broken boiler that was never repaired. Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Each jacket is cleaned, repaired and turned into a bespoke jacket with new patches and other details, or something entirely different, like a bag. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 The historic copper cupola, destroyed in 2014, was repaired, and upgrades are ongoing during the winter months when the hotel closes. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Frato's Kitchen & Gaming Kudrna said the gaming machines were damaged and cannot be repaired. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The incident had led to the race being initially neutralized behind the Safety Car before then being suspended altogether with a red flag to allow the barriers to be repaired. Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 However, the large, immovable oil refineries in Russia have made for big targets that are not easily repaired. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Also, just because something is cheap or somewhat disposable, that doesn’t mean it can’t be repaired. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • Because living expenses form a critical part of retirement planning, the study operated under the baseline assumption that retirees live on a fixed income.
    Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The precise spectacle changes daily because balloons travel with the wind rather than following a fixed route.
    Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hoskins has sent conflicting guidance out to election officials over the past several days as different courts have dizzyingly restored and overturned the congressional map.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Then on Wednesday, Justice Flávio Dino overruled his colleague and restored the two senior police officials to their posts.
    MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During an El Niño cycle in 1983, waves collapsed the landmark Seal Beach Pier, which has since been rebuilt.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But the team rebuilt, welcoming customers back several months later.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Yet as the branch of government closest to the people, Congress holds a unique spot in the system of checks and balances — one that is revived every two years as voters choose their representatives in the midterm elections, including this fall.
    Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Stacy’s story was revived In 1988 when woman who participated in the lynching came forward and said Deputy Bob Clark, the then-sheriff’s brother, strung up Stacy and told onlookers to fire weapons at Stacy’s body.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Not everything about the soundtrack could be fully reconstructed.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In a quiet corner of the Javits Center, Fanatics reconstructed Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club at scale.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the colossal yet claustrophobic world that Khrzhanovsky has created (or recreated), Russians are stuck between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the sickle.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Portions are recreated with an A-list actor who is eligible for Oscar attention, though not SAG.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The good news is that WeChat’s parent company, Tencent, patched the vulnerability after Calif notified the company in July.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • After all, no one will trust a V2X network to do anything if that network’s cyber vulnerabilities haven’t been anticipated and patched in advance.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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