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contemporized

verb

past tense of contemporize
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. — 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
  1. redesigned
  2. updated
  3. modernized
  4. streamlined
  5. remade
Verb
  • In October 2025, Aigle revamped its Paris and Hong Kong flagships with a sleeker, more contemporary look, redesigned its logo and focused on key core items — all while delivering double-digit growth across key markets.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • These earbuds have also been redesigned with a refined contour and shorter stem fore more stability in your ears.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of redesigned
Verb
  • Since the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards were established in 1975, they have been periodically updated, typically to make vehicles more efficient.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • This story has been updated to include a response from OpenAI to Fortune’s question about this latest incident.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of updated
Verb
  • Even as so many families rely on the bus for their kids to get an education, most of the legal agreements underpinning the city’s school transportation system have not been modernized in decades.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This toggle, which enables travelers to connect their personal headphones on flights that have not yet modernized their entertainment systems to be Bluetooth compatible.
    — Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of modernized
Verb
  • Underwriting is streamlined, and one lender may approve the loan when another lender rejects it.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Instead keep the silhouette low-profile and streamlined, then let one detail — whether the print, material, sole, or laces — do the talking, says Kopulos.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of streamlined
Verb
  • 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.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of remade

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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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