FIXES UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fixes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of fix up

as in rebuilds

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Something as simple as moving a UI element a few pixels to the right, for instance, requires a full prompt and a roughly minute-long wait as the AI completely rebuilds the app.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Just as training breaks down muscle tissue that rebuilds through nutrition and rest, adaptation requires recovery.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebuilds

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Courtesy of Fleet Feet Like any muscle, a healthy heart suffers damage and repairs itself each time it is stressed.

— Matt Moret, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare congenital heart condition where the heart repairs damage with tissue that doesn't properly conduct electricity in the right ventricle.

— Errol Barnett, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of repairs

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The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Meyer reconstructs the bureaucratic and financial machinery behind the rescues, one of his book’s genuinely valuable contributions.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconstructs

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Posture is often more important than vitality, since deathblows can be activated even if an enemy has high health, but higher health also aids faster posture recovery, both for Wolf and his enemies.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
The Ocean Between Them costars Riverdale’s Karl Walcott, and Dane appears as Ashley, Joan’s youngest daughter, who aids her in the search.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of aids

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Last Friday, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ published their most recent shortage update list naming the brands of estradiol patches on back order, intermittent back order, as well as those that are currently available.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2026
Reps send payment links manually, RevOps patches data and Finance chases numbers that should’ve been captured upstream.

— Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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