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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
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With Sheinbaum still attacking the DEA as a symbol of American interventionism, all four of those competing agencies may have an easier time rebuilding trust with the Mexican government.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2025
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The town of Jackson is rebuilding three months after the attack, but Ellie is still out for justice.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Mellon and Duke overhauled their giving goals in accidental lockstep, with many of their changes hitting simultaneously in 2024.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Trump White House has overhauled the Oval Office with striking new gold trimming on portrait frames and tables.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the 50 years since, particularly the past 30 after formal relations were normalized in 1995, Washington has pursued reconciliation efforts with Hanoi, including a number of programs that sought to repair some of the damage the war wrought on generations of Vietnamese.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Rigid robots are prone to damage in unstable, cramped environments and are expensive to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite the real-life tension that will go on to define their 2025 feud, Flair and Stratton seemed to have patched things up backstage.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The new rules had some bad side effects and now hopefully, those holes have been patched.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times reconstructed how the Trump administration and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador struck a deal that led to the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran prison.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Supply chains built over decades are being torn apart and reconstructed at great cost.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nearly every element of the federal student aid system, from grants to aid disbursement to repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs, would be impacted if the plan is enacted.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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This event united golfers, sponsors, donors, vendors and volunteers to aid families facing financial and emotional hardships caring for a critically ill child — some of which include homelessness, hunger and depression.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
1 May 2025
Verb
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However, there is no scientific evidence that supports the idea that this diet can prevent or cure cancer.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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No matter what causes PD, its symptoms can often be alleviated—even though the disease cannot be cured.—
Daryl Austin,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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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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In some ways, Trump’s tariffs might already be helping China.—
Chang Che,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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