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Recent Examples of fix up
There’s still much to be done to fix up the space, Andrews said.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
Multiple factors are pushing the costs for building or fixing up home, according to the trade group.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
That involved the sellers putting up $80,000 in escrow for roof repairs and fixing up the property.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
In an interview with CT Mirror and ProPublica, Stefanski said fixing up cars is his hobby.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
Multiple factors are pushing the costs for building or fixing up home, according to the trade group.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
That involved the sellers putting up $80,000 in escrow for roof repairs and fixing up the property.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
In an interview with CT Mirror and ProPublica, Stefanski said fixing up cars is his hobby.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
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Lucas County officials have announced plans to form a task force to examine and rebuild trust in local child welfare systems.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria pummeled the island as a powerful Category 4 storm, razing a power grid that crews are still struggling to rebuild.—
Danica Coto,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Economists are puzzled to see Trump trying to overhaul the existing economic order and doing it so soon after inheriting the strongest economy in the world.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Before the war, Mr. Biden also pressured the Israeli prime minister to temper his efforts to overhaul his country’s judicial system, a plan that critics called a blatant power grab and an existential threat to Israel’s liberal democracy.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nasser had been largely repaired, but reminders of the violence were everywhere.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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And when repairing cars gets more expensive, so does something else: auto insurance.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Season 5 to explore new relationship, show creator says While some may still be rooting for Emily to patch things up with Gabriel, the focus of this upcoming season will be Emily's relationship with Marcello, Star told Tudum.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The derelict Brooklyn Queens Expressway, which has been deemed too brittle to patch, too cumbersome to bury, and too crucial to dismantle, keeps getting handed off to the next administration.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Criterion sought for years to reconstruct the films and eventually released their 4K restorations in 2015.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The house where the Jewish teenager penned her famous diary has been reconstructed for visitors to experience the five rooms the Frank family and others lived in before they were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the wake of that visit, Van Hollen pressed for improved access for humanitarian organizations trying to aid Palestinians.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
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To help aid this process, Chelsea Women are now operating independently from the men’s team and appointed Aki Mandhar, formerly of The Athletic, as their first-ever dedicated CEO.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And of course, let your nails properly cure under the UV light—try not to move around too much or knock things over.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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Like doctors stopping a patient’s heart to cure atrial fibrillations, a brief, brutal trade war could have Americans paying less and owning more.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Diners are invited to join the chef in the kitchen, help prepare the meal and document the experience for social media.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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