renovate
verb (used with object)
to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
have renovated
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present perfectof renovate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the last decade, large investors have renovated some 300,000 distressed homes to rent out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Her new Manhattan apartment certainly boasts a much more traditional aesthetic than her former home in Brooklyn, which she and Fischer are understood to have renovated extensively during their time there.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
Under the deal, Moreno’s company would have renovated or replaced the 58-year-old stadium and built a village — homes, shops, restaurants, hotels and offices — upon more than 100 acres of parking lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
With some of the houses dating back 40 to 50 years, many owners have renovated, sometimes multiple times.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
Here, people whisper, the Germans have renovated two kilometers of subterranean corridors under the medieval walls; they have built new defenses, new conduits, new escape routes, underground complexes of bewildering intricacy.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
