as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
In an interview with CT Mirror and ProPublica, Stefanski said fixing up cars is his hobby.
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Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Developers expect to spend $3 million fixing up the Macy’s property, according to city documents.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
In response, racing and fairgrounds advocates organized and successfully passed a 2011 charter amendment that says 27 Metro Council votes are necessary to demolish and fix up the racetrack.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But the new owners had fixed up the place, there hadn’t been police activity in years, and families were now living there.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Developers expect to spend $3 million fixing up the Macy’s property, according to city documents.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
In response, racing and fairgrounds advocates organized and successfully passed a 2011 charter amendment that says 27 Metro Council votes are necessary to demolish and fix up the racetrack.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But the new owners had fixed up the place, there hadn’t been police activity in years, and families were now living there.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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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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As in much of the rest of Syria, there are only a few hours of electricity, no emergency services and no money to rebuild infrastructure.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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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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After 18 seniors graduated in 2023, the Blue Devils had to overhaul their varsity roster and called upon McCarthy to pitch regularly.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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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
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The federal agencies also advise anyone potentially vulnerable to ransomware activity like Medusa’s attacks to take several other precautionary measures — including checking operating systems and software to ensure everything is properly patched and up to date.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Regularly update and patch your systems.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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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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Both artists earmarked the royalties from the song to aid the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention organization.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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On Friday, Adams and Duffy went underground, boarding the BQE line in Brooklyn and riding the subway into Manhattan alongside NYPD Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta as the federal government vows to aid the city with its crime prevention.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 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
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Please help show my baby that other badass women are out there!—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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For example, whenever one of the kids had a spelling bee, everyone in the car would help recite the words.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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