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renovate

[ren-uh-veyt] / ˈrɛn əˌveɪt /


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Julia also shares items with friends – she has borrowed tools to renovate her home and given people plant cuttings from her garden.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

For years, MLK hospital’s leaders have wanted to renovate under-utilized interior spaces at its Willowbrook campus to expand the emergency department.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

If Rob Pelinka could use the Dodgers’ blueprint to renovate, Lakers fans wouldn’t even be sweating this summer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

The president went on to say he planned to renovate a "dilapidated, worn out, and very dangerous" golf course in Washington called East Potomac Golf Links, located on an island in the Potomac River.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

“I need to see some design ideas for when I buy my own run-down house in Bushwick and renovate it,” she says in a dreamy, la-la-land voice.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Prices may go up as supply contracts, insurance payments flood in, and investment renovates buildings to code; prices may go down as rising premiums and maintenance fees get tacked on.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2024

The company improves common areas, fixes plumbing, roof and other building deficiencies and renovates apartments when people move out.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2024

Since 2022 Trixie's also had her own show on Discovery+, Trixie Motel, which follows the drag queen as she renovates a motel in California.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2024

Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people.

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2023

What however must be ever present is the Will by which man every moment of his life renovates his own personality.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni

Stepping into the newly renovated Vilnius airport, visitors are greeted with a slew of billboards advertising products "Made in Lithuania", including cybersecurity giant NordVPN.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Prosecutors initially alleged he intentionally damaged the newly renovated surface, a felony offense carrying a potential prison sentence.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

“We probably would have had 20 buyers, easily, if the house was renovated, regardless of price,” Wines added.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Ms. Smith travels through Bosnia and Kosovo and sees how Mr. Erdoğan’s government has renovated mosques and opened Turkish-language schools there.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Until later, Tab, Your Pacifist Working Boy III Mrs. Levy helped the renovated Miss Trixie up the steps and opened the door.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Samson Shi, general manager, expects sales to grow roughly 30% this year and is renovating a floor of his factory to accommodate more orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Lavoie plans to use his money from selling some of his shares to fund a hotel he is renovating in Pontebba, Italy's northeastern Friuli region, plus a small brewery.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Ross Simmons found the water-damaged copy of “The Antiquities of Athens” while renovating a house in the seaside town of Kiama, south of Sydney.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The project’s funding is restricted to renovating the campus and does not include the conservation of the Watts Towers themselves.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Perhaps Vincent thinks they are tearing it down, not renovating it.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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