modernize
verb
mod·ern·ize
ˈmä-dər-ˌnīz 
modernized; modernizing
: to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)
: to adopt modern ways
modernizer
noun
Examples of modernize in a Sentence
We're modernizing our kitchen with a new oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher.
The country recently announced plans to begin modernizing its army.
The school needs a building with modernized classrooms.
Older companies will need to modernize quickly if they are to survive in today's economy.
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The text is broad in scope, modernizing the UK’s GDPR, streamlining data subject access, and enabling more fluid data sharing across public services and smart infrastructure.
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Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Stringer additionally promised to invest in public housing so that apartments are repaired and modernized.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
In areas in which the Biden administration recognized that reforms were needed—to modernize alliances, create new multilateral configurations, and attempt to build a post-neoliberal approach to international economics—the changes were evolutionary and in some cases incomplete.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
But the space has also been completely modernized, with 21st-century comforts like a modern shower, dishwasher, and washing machine.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
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Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Stringer additionally promised to invest in public housing so that apartments are repaired and modernized.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
In areas in which the Biden administration recognized that reforms were needed—to modernize alliances, create new multilateral configurations, and attempt to build a post-neoliberal approach to international economics—the changes were evolutionary and in some cases incomplete.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
But the space has also been completely modernized, with 21st-century comforts like a modern shower, dishwasher, and washing machine.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for modernize
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modernize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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modernize
verb
mod·ern·ize
ˈmäd-ər-ˌnīz
modernized; modernizing
: to make or become modern
especially
: to change to suit present styles, tastes, or needs
modernization
noun
ˌmäd-ər-nə-ˈzā-shən
modernizer
noun
ˈmäd-ər-ˌnī-zər
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