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verb

past tense of repair

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Recent Examples of repaired
Adjective
Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 That can mean fewer repaired roofs, fewer modernized science laboratories, fewer accessible entrances and elevators, fewer upgraded heating and cooling systems, fewer lead and asbestos remediation projects and fewer safety improvements. Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 After a fracture, the body moves through overlapping stages of repair that include inflammation, formation of new tissue and, later, remodeling of the repaired area. Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026 To help prevent future settling, monitor the area weekly and add 1/2 inch or less of your soil mix as a top dressing to the repaired area. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Also, in a game that requires the quick twitch of athleticism, Kobe Bryant, post-surgically repaired Achilles, never looked the same while languishing on a Lakers team that never won more than 27 games in his final three years. Candace Buckner, New York Times, 14 May 2026 Black Crowes recently appeared on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, during which Robinson claimed that his repaired relationship with Rich lit the way for Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher to do the same in 2025. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026 At a news conference afterward, Lemley displayed her repaired medal. CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 When the filler is dry, use fine-grit sandpaper to smooth the surface around the repaired area. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
The fairground’s conservation building has been repaired and updated in the last year, Casey said, and fair officials are excited to debut the new building at this year’s fair. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Signs now line the stream, warning people to stay out, even though the broken pipe is repaired. Ashley Paul, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 The revenue mix has quietly repaired the company's original vulnerability. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The two-year process, funded by the cultural-preservation nonprofit Friends of Florence, rehabilitated the work from a prior sixteenth century restoration, and repaired the altarpiece’s painting as well as wooden support. News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026 Elsewhere during the trip, Steven and Kacie finally repaired their strained relationship after months of tension. Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026 Slater had his left knee surgically repaired after rupturing his patellar tendon last August. Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The housing assessment has become one of the central components of Venezuela’s reconstruction effort as engineers work neighborhood by neighborhood to determine which structures can be repaired and which must be demolished. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 Some of the migrants eventually returned, but the diplomatic rupture was only repaired when Spain backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara in 2022. Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • However, the Migration follows rain and grass, not a fixed calendar, which is why expert planning is essential.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Millyard chose a single, fixed ratio, relying entirely on the engine's massive, low-end torque.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The incentives can be restored now, according to the Data Center Coalition, if they’re tied to requirements for clean energy, sustainable water usage and labor agreements.
    John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some 3,600 plants have already been added to the Boboli Gardens, where the Fountain of Neptune and the Fountain of the Island are being restored, along with the Amphitheater, which will again host public performances.
    News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Another ground that’s been totally rebuilt over the last 30 or so years, The Hawthorns carries a grandeur to go with an atmosphere that always makes a visit feel like an event.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The downtown hotel is a smart base for business at the Texas State Capitol and future events at the Austin Convention Center, currently being rebuilt for an early-2029 reopening.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Major Pest Problems As with petunia diseases, minor infestations of aphids, spider mites, and other petunia pests can often be remedied, but major pest problems may require plants to be replaced.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • The typical culprit is a lack of nitrogen, which is easily remedied with a general-purpose fertilizer.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Once she was moved to Boston, Clancy went into cardiac arrest and had to be revived with CPR and chest compressions, ICU nurse Rachelle Amedee said.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Hearn is seeking to dismiss the case with prejudice to ensure charges cannot be revived against him.
    Elise Spenner, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Every connected device, cloud service, AI platform, collaboration tool and third-party integration increases the number of places where sensitive information can be observed, collected or reconstructed.
    Erik Wittreich, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Songs were deconstructed and reconstructed each night as the pair hunched over their blinking arrays.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In March 2026, Variety reported that the actor’s image and likeness were recreated using generative AI for the indie film As Deep as the Grave.
    Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There is no seed phrase for the customer to generate, so there is no entropy to get wrong and no firmware to keep patched.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The vulnerability was quickly patched, but the attackers were never publicly identified.
    Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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