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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Streamlined layouts—redesigned, open layouts create better traffic flow, make supplies easier to find and further reduce wait times.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Echo Products Alexa+ is at the heart of the new Echo products, all of which have been redesigned to support advanced AI capabilities.—
Sarah Lord,
PC Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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This article has been updated to include a video and photo gallery.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Keep your browser and operating system fully updated.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Seaquarium has an aquarium already, but a source familiar with Martin’s plans said the new aquarium would be modernized and larger in order to be an attraction for the site.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Each of the 60 rooms is modernized, featuring art nouveau and art deco furnishings.—
Anna Mazurek,
AFAR Media,
26 Sep. 2025
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The team chemistry could be streamlined with five players with Baltic blood in the rotation, two of whom are brothers.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Travel dresses that are streamlined, comfortable, and designed to actually live in—whether that means a ribbed sweater dress styled with knee-high boots or a satin slip dress layered under a chunky knit.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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