How to Use fixed in a Sentence

fixed

adjective
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  • That day remains fixed in my memory.
  • The plans agree to cover enrollees for a fixed amount per month.
    — Emily Bazar, Kaiser Health News, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The current design for a new bridge is 116 feet high with a fixed span.
    — oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • Meant to observe crops, the fixed-wing drone would have a battery life of an hour.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2018
  • This fixed-wing flyer uses a burst of gas to launch out of the water.
    — Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
  • There’s no fixed amount of tokes that makes a stoner a stoner these days.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The trucks will operate on fixed routes around the clock, seven days a week.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 June 2022
  • The idea that there’s a fixed way to interpret anything.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • The shed measures 4 x 6 feet and features a front door, one fixed window, and a vent at the top for air flow.
    — Katie Dubow, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
  • The Portland Loo is a fixed restroom with a flush toilet that is open 24 hours a day.
    — Molly Sullivan and Ryan Lillis, sacbee, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Even if a No. 1 seed is forced to withdraw next week, the pairings will remain fixed.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The good news: Nothing will change to loans already taken out at fixed rates.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018
  • Eleven ships, six fixed-wing aviation squadrons and 18 submarines are at the base.
    — Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
  • There's no fixed date as to when they will be relaxed, because there are a lot of factors at play.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The company touts that 80% of items on its site are new, with the bulk sold at a fixed price rather than being auctioned.
    — Laura Stevens, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2019
  • To be sure, a sizable chunk of these are likely seniors on a fixed income.
    — Gene Balk / Fyi Guy, The Seattle Times, 29 Aug. 2017
  • But low-speed movement, with scanners running on full, in a fixed area, is a much safer way to apply the tech.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2018
  • There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2018
  • In bouldering, climbers navigate a course in a fixed amount of time.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 26 July 2019
  • From its very first scene, Friends offered its viewers an odd mix of fixed gender roles and satire on them.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The Telegraph reports that an unusual clause in his contract means that one of the big six can sign him for a fixed fee of £25m.
    — SI.com, 13 May 2018
  • Most of them are on a fixed income and when their rents go up, their revenues do not go up and many are on the verge of homelessness.
    — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 2 May 2018
  • Longer lives are not a problem if the state or a company has promised to pay a fixed income until death.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Or would payments remain fixed and the extra funds used only to serve a larger caseload?
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Now, do the same squat with a free weight, and suddenly your muscles have to work to keep you from wobbling and your body doesn’t have to move any fixed path.
    — SELF, 12 Jan. 2019
  • Host Jonathan Ferro discusses stories from the fixed income world with the biggest names in the field.
    — Bloomberg, 23 Mar. 2018
  • These cars tend to have a small, cultish following-and the fixed expiration date tends to draw buyers who've been on the fence.
    — Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • These cars tend to have a small, cultish following—and the fixed expiration date tends to draw buyers who’ve been on the fence.
    — Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2018
  • West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Is there a fixed time in which the agency needs to respond?
    — jsonline.com, 15 May 2018
  • Uncertainty is the key theme for markets on the eve of Election Day, but fixed income investors say there are a few opportunities to snap up solid yield even as the market holds its breath.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024

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