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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixing up
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Excessive regulation and permitting delays make rebuilding far more expensive, which pushes premiums even higher.—
Steve Hilton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026 -
Now, Braverman said, people are in a stage of rebuilding.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
2 May 2026
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The former mayor argues the state can play a role in boosting housing production by cutting red tape and overhauling the California Environmental Quality Act.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Give your space a new look without overhauling your furniture by adding a decorative touch like this pouf.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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From a young age, she was captivated by film photography, often collecting cameras, repairing them, and even reselling them in high school.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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That the system is repairing this longstanding exclusion?—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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By reconstructing these showers, scientists can estimate the energy and origin of the incoming gamma rays.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Now, the Cowboys not only have experience in there, but also a player who can be the lead communicator, wearing the green dot on his helmet, for a defense that was missing that final crucial piece after a busy offseason reconstructing that unit.—
Nick Harris
April 25,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to the district, funding investments include building a new high school, improving ADA accessibility, renovating two pools, updating HVAC systems, bathrooms, refurbishing athletic centers and more.—
Ross DiMattei,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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While some builders — like Oracle’s partner Crusoe — are refurbishing old transformers or relying on other strategies, uncertainty around the AI buildout has been rising.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The city is renovating the Hudson Campbell Sports and Fitness Center to make room for the Gary Health Department.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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After closing, the couple planned to make a few small tweaks, but ended up gut-renovating it over four years, the Wall Street Journal reports.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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This is an ideal grass for patching after a washout.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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This includes patching existing vulnerabilities and making sure that the permissions employees have are strictly limited so they can’t be exploited.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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What refined it further was his time doing reconditioning PT, working with service members who had already failed their fitness tests and had six months to pass or face separation from the military.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
27 Apr. 2026
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On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Fixing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixing%20up. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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