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renovate

[ren-uh-vayt] / ˈrɛn əˌveɪt /


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They had the most sympathy with student complaints about the excessive size of classes and with the need to renovate the country's crumbling schools.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The model is helping real-estate investors buy, renovate and rent out vacant and dilapidated homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In October 1998, 500,000 pupils marched across France over similar demands, resulting in almost €1bn to renovate schools and 14,000 extra staff.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He is said to have spent an astonishing $100 million to renovate it for a planned Beechwood Art Museum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Isn’t it cool that this used to be a school? I love how they renovate old buildings. You know, they’ve done a funeral home, too.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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

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

Through this initiative, Ivorian artistic director Lemon Otto renovates external facades of older building such as Pyramid, which was completed in 1973 under the direction of the Italian architect Rinaldo Olivieri.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023

It appears as if the contract that renovates the world was under no law at all.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

"All our hopes and taking our little baby back to our renovated house just crashed before us", she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

She picked up one abode in 2017 for just under $10 million but sold that off just three years later, having renovated the home extensively before deciding to put it back on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Some of the old cinemas have been restored and renovated, and the single-screen experience still has its devotees.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Before entering a heavily gilded Oval Office, Trump walked Xi along a renovated colonnade now adorned with gold-framed portraits of U.S. presidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I thought back to the day I’d renovated my room with duct tape and plastic, how nothing I’d felt when I’d scratched myself onto that page.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Should I sell my house because of dangerous stairs — or spend thousands renovating?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The prime minister has sought to address the issue of missing teachers and renovating buildings that are dilapidated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The company has spent more than three years renovating the spaces surrounding the original Prada store, opened there by Miuccia Prada’s grandfather Mario in 1913.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Roberts moved into her four-bedroom house in 2011 and spent two years renovating the property with her husband.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Sapo believed in Bodega because he knew other reasons why Bodega was renovating the neighborhood.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez


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