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- noun Plural form of
repair . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
repair .
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Examples
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NATURE repairs her ravages, repairs them with her sunshine, and with human labor.
Conclusion 1917
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The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic lay organization, is underwriting about $6,000 in repairs after the group's officers visited the gravesite in August and noticed the inscription of the phrase, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," was fading.
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The Society of Civil Engineers gave your infrastructure a D grade and estimated that you need to make more than $2 trillion in repairs and upgrades.
U.S. Infrastructure Investment Plan Is Too Modest: Ezra Klein washingtonpost.com 2010
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The Society of Civil Engineers gave your infrastructure a D grade and estimated that you need to make more than $2 trillion in repairs and upgrades.
U.S. Infrastructure Investment Plan Is Too Modest: Ezra Klein washingtonpost.com 2010
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It was actually kind of funny … minus the $5,000 in repairs, says a spywitness, who claims the 44-year-old widow of Kurt Cobain littered the room wih dirty needles and used feminine hygiene products.
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The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic lay organization, is underwriting about $6,000 in repairs after the group's officers visited the gravesite in August and noticed the inscription of the phrase, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," was fading.
Federal Eye: Restoration of JFK gravesite to begin Ed O'Keefe 2010
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The city has made progress in repairs, however, and about 97% of the lights are on now, versus 90% to 95% in recent years.
Susan Buchanan: Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans Susan Buchanan 2010
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The Society of Civil Engineers gave your infrastructure a D grade and estimated that you need to make more than $2 trillion in repairs and upgrades.
Infrastructure: The best deal in the economy Ezra Klein 2010
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You can decide whether the mechanic suggesting a thousand pounds worth of repairs is ripping you off.
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Delaying a dollar of needed infrastructure repairs is no different than racking up a dollar of debt.
Infrastructure: The best deal in the economy Ezra Klein 2010
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