contemporized

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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Verb
  • From software to computing power to network bandwidth, the entire technology stack is being redesigned around flexible, scalable consumption.
    Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, the display has been redesigned.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This story has been updated with new information.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Blackwood said the families of all the students had been updated about their conditions.
    Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Investigative journalists have said images show new and modernized former military bases and training grounds in Belarus, some of which will be used during upcoming Zapad-2025 (West-2025) joint exercises with Russia.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • First installed aboard the USS Coral Sea in 1980, the system has been continuously modernized over four decades of service.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The offense certainly needs to clean up its operation, but Corbett thinks that process can be streamlined as early as this week.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Through this proactive effort, the company streamlined its procure-to-pay and accounts payable processes, which eliminated its onerous legacy system and enabled leadership to access timely, accurate data.
    Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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