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
  • Coffee companies and appliance makers have released new machines and redesigned capsules in recent months.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The interior was redesigned in Kevlar and suede, the most obvious changes being a new steering wheel and dashboard that clustered more of the gauges and controls around the driver.
    — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of redesigned
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  • Digital twin technology makes this possible by creating virtual representations of real-world objects, systems, and processes that can be updated with operational data.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This article has been updated since it was originally published to include more information about the company partnership that will revitalize Mizner Park.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of updated
Verb
  • The graphics and art style are fantastic, and the controls have been modernized to be simpler to pick up for those who are already experienced with third-person action games, including other modern Zelda titles.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But, in 2012, the six-bedroom house, now modernized, welcomed its first guests, turning a storied 19th century family home into a bed and breakfast designed to channel the casual elegance of Virginia wine country into an inn.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of modernized
Verb
  • Aston Martin has long had a reputation for being streamlined, but that reached its peak with the DB9, which looks as though its sheet metal has been worn smooth by a thousand years of wind and rain.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
  • As in former works, meanwhile, Hopper’s diner is streamlined, simplified, the world around it emptied to its essentials, adding to its dreamlike quality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2026.

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