fix up

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Recent Examples of fix up In the past, the company has benefited from an uncertain economic outlook, as consumers are more likely to fix up their current vehicles rather than rushing off to buy new ones — especially as financing costs rise. Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 May 2026 But much work remains to fix up the Plaza infrastructure and utilities above and below the ground while addressing what the developers say are streets that are too wide for pedestrians and storefronts that have been changed over the years and no longer match. Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026 The night before his first fitting, while fixing up the zipper, Vazquez tore a large hole in the shirt. Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 Congress can lower housing costs by supporting programs to fix up existing homes and expanding down payment assistance. Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fix up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fix up
Verb
  • In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • The work is being presented as the first report of a material that stores energy by physically rebuilding itself.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Sununu, who formerly served as governor of New Hampshire, urged Congress to find more money to overhaul the air traffic control system — on top of the billions lawmakers appropriated last year to upgrade communications and radar equipment.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • Nate Rose, a spokesperson for the California Grocers Association, said some grocers have had to overhaul their labeling systems, but as a whole, the association has been supportive of the change.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • According to an account of her testimony in Rolling Stone, Avila was left with severe scarring on her face and left arm, with limited mobility after surgeons grafted skin from her abdomen to repair her arm.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026
  • Ndiaye’s season ended early after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
    Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Sweat patches Many professional soccer players started using commercial wearables long before the World Cup kicked off.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Those updates often patch security holes scammers try to exploit.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Jessica Luther Rummel, lead researcher for the cemetery association, has been reconstructing that arc from newspapers, Census data and burial records.
    Kamal Morgan. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs.
    John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Sportswear giant Nike posted quarterly earnings that topped forecasts, aided by an expected refund of nearly $986 million in tariffs.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • The death toll includes thousands of children, in addition to aid workers and journalists.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • But a dose of doxycycline or amoxicillin can generally cure it.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • But the Shadow has at the very least cured me of my sneakerphobia.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Advocates say the funds would help build more than 40,000 shovel-ready affordable homes that are unable to move forward because of a financing gap and help preserve thousands of other existing units.
    Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Ryan would love nothing more than to help convince the front office to add and give this team a chance down the stretch.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 July 2026

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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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