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verb

past tense of repair

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of repaired
Adjective
The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 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
Verb
The State Russian Museum revealed that the museum’s specialists repaired areas of peeling, applying primer and paint across the entire surface of the canvas and completed the restoration with a varnish coating. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 For one, the report did not disclose the kinds of items its survey respondents repaired. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 The Rays spent 2025 at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees’ spring training ballpark, while damage to their stadium from Hurricane Milton was repaired. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 In interviews, Syrians interpreted the minister’s answers to mean prices will return to normal in two months after the refinery is repaired. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026 Daley also warns buyers to look out for furniture with veneers which often peel or chip off and can’t be repaired. — Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026 Yet Hubble is no longer a telescope that can simply be repaired whenever something breaks. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The contractor two days later reported that faulty components had been repaired, but testing by Eversource resulted in further failures, and the building has remained dark since then. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 After being hurt, Mahomes didn’t wait for the swelling in his knee to go down before having the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) in his left knee repaired. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaired
Adjective
  • Most trailers in this weight class include a topper tent for accommodations or a fixed bed inside a teardrop shell.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For seniors with a fixed income, that extra cash is often spendable money that ends up back in the economy.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The company bought the building in 1997 for $220 million, restored the lobby and some other spaces, and sold it off gradually, exiting in 2008 in a deal that put the building’s value at $800 million.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The request does not apply to planning, measurements, soil surveys, or other measures with minor impacts that can be easily restored.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The previous Le Carl Gustaf hotel, owned by entrepreneur Jacques Laurent, went into decline before Hurricane Irma and was slated to be rebuilt as apartments, but locals said no way.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Renovation will only yield temporary improvement unless the original cause of a poor-quality lawn is remedied.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
  • His ballpark and facilities fell into disrepair, a situation that may be remedied under the stewardship of new owner Stan Kroenke, who entered an agreement to purchase the team this week at a $4 billion valuation.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The escalation has revived Yemen’s civil war after a four-year ceasefire.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • While Señorita Rio retired from the comics pages in 1950, she was later revived as Rita Rio by AC Comics in 1994.
    — Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As filming was only allowed on Mondays under strict restrictions, Coppola’s team reconstructed some of the château’s key interiors, such as the Queen’s Grand Chamber and the Royal Opera, in nearby châteaux, such as Millemont.
    — Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of seeing the game through screenshots or computer vision, the AI reconstructed its environment from server network messages and game data, then built its own tools to navigate and play.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The cinema recently recreated a ringer tee Steve’s late mother wore in the early-1970s.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Currently, the photo recreated by the visiting fans is trending with millions of views on social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That’s bad enough, but the agent also launched with a zero-day vulnerability that, luckily, has been patched.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Hacktron’s report and said the vulnerabilities have since been patched.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Repaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaired. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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