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  • present participle of fix.
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fixing

[fik-sing] / ˈfɪk sɪŋ /


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But Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh Conservative MS for Bangor Conwy Môn, said the Senedd should focus first on fixing the healthcare system in Wales.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The plan: spend $130,000 and five months fixing up the property and sell it for over $300,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Yet in a bizarre case of fixing something that does not need fixing, the program became the one CBS property executives chose to radically remake.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

“While it is good that Honeywell Aerospace recognizes that it has problems, fixing them will not be an overnight affair,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The truth is that there’s no fixing anything I did.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

However, they added that a rapid strengthening for the yuan, also known as the renminbi, remains unlikely as authorities have consistently signaled restraint by setting recent fixings at weaker levels than market expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

And while inflation traders expect the annual headline CPI rate to peak at 2.8% in May, they also see it drifting below that level through year-end, based on derivative-like instruments known as fixings.

From MarketWatch Jan. 15, 2026

Gilberto, now with a clean cut, ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, gravy, rolls and other fixings outside the mission on a warm fall day.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

The big-box warehouse retail chain recently rolled out a brand-new deli sandwich, which comes with its fair share of fixings.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2024

“Not like you to leave my fried chicken and fixings uneaten like that.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe




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