modernization
noun
mod·ern·i·za·tion
ˌmä-dər-nə-ˈzā-shən 
1
: the act of modernizing : the state of being modernized
2
: something modernized : a modernized version
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Remarkably, the district has until recently been left relatively untouched by modernization, in terms of the foundations of its architecture, at least.
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Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
This consortium has spent the last 18 months coaching 1,300-plus mostly small and mid-sized municipalities in how to navigate the intricacies of federal grants and secure for their residents a share of the largest national commitment to modernization in decades.
—James Anderson, TIME, 15 May 2024
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Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
This consortium has spent the last 18 months coaching 1,300-plus mostly small and mid-sized municipalities in how to navigate the intricacies of federal grants and secure for their residents a share of the largest national commitment to modernization in decades.
—James Anderson, TIME, 15 May 2024
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“Modernization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modernization. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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