fixing
the act of a person or thing that fixes.
fixings. Also fix·in's [fik-sinz]. /ˈfɪk sɪnz/. Informal.
the necessary ingredients: salad fixings.
the appropriate accompaniments; trimmings: turkey with all the fixings.
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How to use fixing in a sentence
Instead of spending their summer on devices, they’ll attend an outdoor camp, complete with the classic camp fixings like pools, sports, and arts and crafts.
After pandemic free-for-all, parents struggle to reinstate screen-time rules | Heather Kelly | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostHere, Wes Siler shows you his favorite method for cooking a whole chicken, and all the fixings, over an open fire.
Two years ago Whitehurst-Payne herself said Lincoln was dealing with problems that urgently needed fixing.
Morning Report: Union Helped Fired CSUM Professor Keep His Job | Voice of San Diego | May 26, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoNice kitchen appliances making cooking a breeze, and s’mores fixings come included.
8 Getaway-Worthy Cabins Near Yellowstone National Park | Megan Michelson | April 5, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe comparison reminded me of Georges Bataille’s idea that animals exist in the world like water in water, whereas humans are always trying to lift themselves out of life’s flux by objectifying, or fixing, the things that they are not.
Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. | Sebastian Smee | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post
The charges included corruption, perjury, bid-fixing and fraud.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis stories about his tenure in Washington hype his success in fixing housing problems in “inner cities.”
But Uber failed to take any steps in fixing their civil rights problem.
Uber and Airbnb Leave Disabled People Behind | Elizabeth Heideman | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder is fixing small businesses, one brilliant idea at a time.
Nathan Fielder’s Business Theater: ‘Dumb Starbucks’ Wasn’t a Prank | Rich Goldstein | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonThey combine the fixing with the staining process, and stain differentially every normal and abnormal structure in the blood.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Toddfixing bayonets and leaving the sergeant dead in the doorway, they charged again into the mass of the enemy.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIn a city lot courses and distances play a larger part in fixing the boundaries, and are more carefully defined.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesLastly, in fixing the loss the distinction between open and valued policies must be explained.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for fixing
/ (ˈfɪksɪŋ) /
a means of attaching one thing to another, as a pipe to a wall, slate to a roof, etc
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