STRAIGHTENED (UP) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

straightened (up)

verb

past tense of straighten (up)

as in spruced (up)

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Only 7% of the agency’s nearly $60 million budget is made up from grants outside of the city’s budget.

— Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Rooms Since its 2023 renovation, the hotel’s capacity decreased from 104 rooms to just 80, made up of 44 rooms and 36 suites, all of which have gained a generous amount of space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of made up

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The Falcons drew up quick passing plays for Penix to get going, and once the Packers had to respect Robinson’s running ability, play-action passes were Penix’s bread and butter.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Gajdusek eventually drew up a list of eight students, and then decided on the youngest child, a twelve-year-old boy.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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Zhang was one of more than 50 students from China, Singapore, Britain and Australia attending a camp in Beijing organized by the year-old AI learning platform Xinya AI.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The nearby Jefferson drill site, which Redeemer Community Partnership also organized against, elected to shut down in 2018 after the city ordered it to implement stronger health protections.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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The girl reported to the hotline that she was possibly being groomed by her seventh- and eighth-grade PE teacher at Global Academy of Phoenix Middle School near 39th and Maryland avenues, according to documents.

— Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2026
When Edwards left in 2022, there was a ringing endorsement for the man who had been groomed as his successor.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of groomed

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Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of disposed

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Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.

— Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed the man’s death and classified it as a homicide, Becchina said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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