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
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
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporized
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It’s being redesigned for the 2026 model year and will be receiving a price increase bringing the cost from around $26,000 to nearly $30,000.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The company redesigned its assembly line to use die-casting and injection molding instead of complex machining, reducing cost and build time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of the 2025 F1 season—and following the departure of veteran driver Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari—Mercedes updated its driver lineup, tapping 18-year-old Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli to join the more seasoned 27-year-old Briton George Russell.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Viewers online flooded her Threads post with title suggestions, prompting her to compile and share a running list on Substack, updated regularly with new books and age categories.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Nods to Chanel’s classic codes were seen throughout, though they were modernized — boucle jackets were lighter, their silhouettes softer.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Italian producer—a division of Prosperity Textiles—modernized its offering by installing a waterless textile coloration system called Cooltrans two years ago.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
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Witkoff, Rubio, and Kushner then streamlined the proposal to a two-phase structure—first, a ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners to stop the fighting; second, a framework for Gaza's future, including disarmament and a technocratic transitional government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Tesla has also streamlined the way its cars are made, consolidating hundreds of parts that traditionally are stamped and welded together into single pieces of aluminum.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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