as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences
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Recent Examples of update
Its website regularly updates the risk of rip currents on the Florida coast day-by-day.
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
This article was originally published in 2024 and most recently updated on May 2, 2025 with current information.
—Craig Stoltz, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
Original story 5/1: The latest ruling in the Apple versus Epic Games case means the former needs to update its App Store policies immediately.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
All Billboard charts dated May 10 will update on Tuesday, May 6, on Billboard.com.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 2 May 2025
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
This article was originally published in 2024 and most recently updated on May 2, 2025 with current information.
—Craig Stoltz, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
Original story 5/1: The latest ruling in the Apple versus Epic Games case means the former needs to update its App Store policies immediately.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
All Billboard charts dated May 10 will update on Tuesday, May 6, on Billboard.com.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for update
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Another major change is that the Joy-Cons – the detachable controllers on both sides of the screen – have been redesigned to attach magnetically to the screen and can be used like a computer mouse on surfaces.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The all new 2025 Lincoln Navigator has been redesigned from the ground up, with the only carryover item being the drivetrain.—
Karl Brauer,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that operating, sustaining, and modernizing U.S. nuclear weapons will cost $946 billion between 2025 and 2034.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Ostensibly delivered to modernize Syria’s outdated air defenses in the face of Israeli airstrikes, the system remained under direct Russian military control until Moscow withdrew it in 2022 after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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At the Wednesday event, Blumenthal said while there are undoubtedly opportunities to streamline VA operations, the current approach could upend access to care for veterans.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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In March, the organization launched a mobile app to streamline this process.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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And so the company re-created the staging, rebuilding Etienne Pluss’s sets, remaking Ursula Kudrna’s costumes, and casting the lifelike head of Jochanaan (a.k.a. St. John the Baptist) in the image of baritone Peter Mattei.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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Yair Rosenberg: Trump is remaking the world in his image Nowhere is this shift more consequential than in the United States, which was the original visionary and anchor of the postwar order.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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