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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While some blogs have claimed that Head redesigned the dress because studio executives deemed the first version too risqué, this claim is unverified.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hélène Lacombe redesigned this mini studio as a functional and elegant cocoon.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
24 Feb. 2026
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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It was updated in March of 2026.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Campus facilities were modernized.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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The system has been modernized.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The agency said training was streamlined to cut redundancy and incorporate technological advancements without cutting subject matter content.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Today the look has been streamlined.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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“Contemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporized. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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