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renovate

[ren-uh-veyt] / ˈrɛn əˌveɪt /


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Its Cleveland Street Alliance with parishioners and real-estate developers is working to renovate downtown properties, including plans for a $50 million, 83,900-square-foot entertainment center.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 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

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

There are also subsidies to buy a bigger car or renovate your home.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

“She’s conservative with her spending, and usually only wants to pay for repairs and such. It took her a while to finally renovate the lobby. I’m sorry. My hands are tied.”

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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

Back in Baltimore, David Lidz runs Waterbottle Cooperative, a grassroots organisation that buys up decaying properties in Baltimore and renovates them to rent to people on low incomes.

From BBC Oct. 6, 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

He prefers a comfortable hotel on the Promenade des Anglais at Nice, where he recovers health and renovates his nervous system by taking daily excursions along the coast to the Casino.

From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

While Gipson hopes the renovated campus will attract additional international visitors, he also wants more Angelenos to discover one of the city’s defining cultural landmarks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

They were selling the three-bedroom terrace they'd renovated and buying her parents' four-bedroom detached house in the countryside.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Leigh Jones, 55, whose home backs up to the campus, said she would like to see the complex renovated, not least for the boost to the tax base.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 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

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

Oliwia Wudarowicz, who has waived her right to anonymity, began having acting lessons from Alexander Westwood in December 2020, after her mother met him while renovating his flat.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

“I know it sounds crazy to most people, the idea of renovating that many houses, but I love renovating. I think it’s tied to living the actor’s life,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

J. André Lavoie moved to northern Italy five years ago, and bought a hotel in Pontebba, which he has been renovating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 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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