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as in repairs
to put into good shape or working order again
that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it
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as in recovers
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu
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as in heals
to restore to a healthy condition
mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again
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as in compensates
to make up for (an offense)
the proverb "least said, soonest mended" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean
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as in improves
to change one's behavior or character for the better
everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend
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as in cures
to bring about recovery from
the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart
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Recent Examples of mends
The money helps to keep its doors open, fund church programs and mends the spirit of its congregation, the church wrote.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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It’s formulated with rosemary that repairs fragile strands, while also being an anti-inflammatory that reduces dandruff and skin irritation on the scalp.—
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This tone-correcting conditioner is infused with ArganID Technology, which repairs and seals the cuticles.—
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Brown, who’s posted career-best numbers while co-star Jayson Tatum recovers from Achilles surgery, was ruled out with low back spasms.—
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The gift arrives as the organization recovers from years of management turmoil and layoffs following rapid growth that strained its infrastructure.—
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The Aquaphor Lip Repair Balm not only soothes and heals dry lips, but also has SPF 30 sunscreen for additional protection against the sun’s harmful rays.—
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Skin heals, styles evolve, and not every aesthetic choice needs to be treated like a crisis.—
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Or that players need to change their approach to off-season training to account for the quick lateral movements that can lead to acute injuries, or that team trainers need to be more prophylactic and smarter about understanding the way the body compensates for instabilities.—
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If her musical moments are too few, her presence compensates for the imbalance.—
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Open year-round during daylight hours, both hotel guests and outside visitors can learn how to handle a bow and arrow practicing on static targets that are set further away as your aim improves.—
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Lemon water also adds flavor, provides vitamin C, improves digestion, and can prevent kidney stones.—
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The movie, a result of Cook’s wild imagination and British legends, is a horror fantasy drama set in 1893 about Betty Lutey (Beatie Edney), while barred from studying medicine, cures someone with Tuberculosis with a mermaid’a cursed pearl comb.—
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Her father, Raúl, once a hopeful biotechnologist, now pours his fear into strange, homemade cures no one else trusts.—
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Their defensive group might be the best in the tournament, and the emergence of Leo Carlsson as an elite first-line center over the last few months fixes the roster’s most significant long-term issue.—
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There’s no final scene where everything magically fixes itself.—
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
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While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.—
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“Mends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mends. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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