as in redesigned
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the new owners of the old-line French restaurant plan to contemporize the menu and make the place seem less intimidating
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Recent Examples of contemporized
When Aretha Franklin’s career stalled in later years, Davis contemporized her style.
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Jason Kravarik,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Bestselling classic Banana styles of the past are being reimagined and contemporized.
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David Moin,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
Anderson has contemporized the timeline, situating us in our dismayingly recognizable era of fascist creep and following a sadly less recognizable underground effort to stop it.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
At the 151-room W Budapest, a Neo-Renaissance building from 1886 once home to the Hungarian State Ballet Academy, lavish details like tiles and arches were preserved, yet are contemporized with such elements as sleek bronze cladding.
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Alia Akkam,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2024
Jason Kravarik,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Bestselling classic Banana styles of the past are being reimagined and contemporized.
—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
Anderson has contemporized the timeline, situating us in our dismayingly recognizable era of fascist creep and following a sadly less recognizable underground effort to stop it.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
At the 151-room W Budapest, a Neo-Renaissance building from 1886 once home to the Hungarian State Ballet Academy, lavish details like tiles and arches were preserved, yet are contemporized with such elements as sleek bronze cladding.
—
Alia Akkam,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporized
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From cabin and cargo space to standard tech, the South Korean automaker has completely redesigned its popular midsize three-row SUV for the 2027 model year.
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The building boom of the early 2000s redesigned stadiums focused on the fan experience, allowing concessions to become part of the game.
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Like the mandatory monitoring list, it is updated only every five years.
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The Venezuelan government has updated the casualty toll from the earthquakes only incrementally.
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Now Rosewood has extensively restored the castle and modernized its interior as well as the newer parts of the building, in which the majority of the rooms, suites, the spa, and the lobby are located.
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The design embraces an ethos of understated elegance with warm wood slat ceilings, modernized Ottoman-style octagon coffee tables, and Turkish artwork from the family’s collection.
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In plain terms, streamlined means fewer questions asked.
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States that have streamlined permitting, strengthened RPS frameworks and designed tax credit incentive programs that can withstand legal scrutiny are already seeing results.
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In Sunny Isles Beach, another town that’s been remade by major development projects, the Bentley Residences tower is expected to be completed this year.
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Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.
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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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