as in to rebuild
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Recent Examples of fix up
Mutual Ground in Aurora has received a $2 million grant to fix up its historic home, while a larger expansion project sits on the horizon.
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Sabini and Goater spent time at the Davis Bike Collective, a nonprofit where volunteers teach Davis' thousands of bike enthusiasts to fix up and even build their own bikes.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
This tactic led voters to approve higher sales taxes in San Francisco in 2014 — allegedly to improve transit programs and fix roads — in Los Angeles County in 2017 — allegedly to reduce homelessness — and in Fresno in 2018 — allegedly to fix up parks and boost public safety.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Fort Worth needs to borrow a lot of money to fix up roads, build parks, and construct an animal shelter.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Sabini and Goater spent time at the Davis Bike Collective, a nonprofit where volunteers teach Davis' thousands of bike enthusiasts to fix up and even build their own bikes.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
This tactic led voters to approve higher sales taxes in San Francisco in 2014 — allegedly to improve transit programs and fix roads — in Los Angeles County in 2017 — allegedly to reduce homelessness — and in Fresno in 2018 — allegedly to fix up parks and boost public safety.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Fort Worth needs to borrow a lot of money to fix up roads, build parks, and construct an animal shelter.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
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And now is looking to dump salary and rebuild yet again.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Recruiting a replacement, retraining from scratch, rebuilding institutional knowledge, and absorbing the productivity gap in between transitions—each cycle erodes the cost advantage that made offshore hiring attractive in the first place.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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The European Migration and Asylum Pact is the culmination of years of grueling negotiations that overhauled the previous system, which was widely considered a failure and gave far-right parties a potent issue to win votes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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Instead, Tim Cook and his team are overhauling its pricing strategy to increase revenue from its more affluent users with the luxury iPhone Ultra foldable while protecting the core iPhone 18 Pro audience.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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The new 3rd District supervisor will join a body that recently eliminated 150 jobs to repair a $35 million budget deficit.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Ford is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall while driving, according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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With this, a company can let Codex modernize a legacy codebase or patch a class of vulnerabilities across days of work.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Public debt is projected to rise to 120% of GDP by 2036, leaving less and less fiscal room to patch Social Security.—
John W. Diamond,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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The book reconstructed the trial of a 16th-century Friulian miller accused of holding unorthodox beliefs about the origins of the world and Jesus Christ.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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In other words, to view a Shih piece is to collaborate with the artist on reconstructing or, in some cases, reclaiming an understanding of place and self.—
Stephanie Shih
June 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Players are asked to protect Prythian from the villainous King of Hybern by traveling across the kingdom's seven courts (aka the game board) to acquire properties, powers and more to aid in the war.—
Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Recent rescue numbers could’ve been even higher, Yacenda said, but lifeguards have been aided by colder water and the fact that some schools are still in session — meaning crowds have been smaller.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Little Havana is a short drive away, but the cafecitos at Versailles do not cure her nostalgia.—
Christine Armario,
Washington Post,
19 June 2026
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The rise followed a January 2025 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in which actor Mel Gibson claimed ivermectin and other drugs cured three friends with stage 4 cancer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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The sweeping changes will reflect Britain’s values, helping to protect children online while pushing back against the power of big technology companies, Starmer told a press conference.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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But even Jo-Ellen couldn’t help but point out to Alicia that that means cum.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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