updated; updating; updates
: to bring up to date
1
: an act or instance of updating
2
: current information for updating something
3
: an up-to-date version, account, or report
Examples of update in a Sentence
Verb
I need to update my address book.
update all the population figures
She wants to update her wardrobe.
Noun
I haven't heard the latest weather update.
You can download updates for free.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
The car is not the Camaro in most other respects, too, with the interior getting a bespoke redesign, the body panels changed, the bumpers changed, the front grille reworked, and the headlights and tail lights updated, too.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The update also adds smoother page adjustments and a thumbnail carousel to easily reorder or delete pages before saving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Britney Spears 🌹🚀 (@britneyspears) October 16, 2025 This post has been updated.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
The car is not the Camaro in most other respects, too, with the interior getting a bespoke redesign, the body panels changed, the bumpers changed, the front grille reworked, and the headlights and tail lights updated, too.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
YouTube also shares updates on ongoing outages on its Team YouTube X page.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The update also adds smoother page adjustments and a thumbnail carousel to easily reorder or delete pages before saving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/update. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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