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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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Meanwhile, Google has just revealed (via Android Authority) a completely new approach to monthly security updates that will have a major impact on Samsung and how the company updates its Galaxy devices in the future.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
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Injury updates The team is still in a limited-hours window for the next two weeks before transitioning to full preseason practice five days per week.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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SpaceX redesigns Starship ahead of flight 10 SpaceX also revealed a redesign to Starship earlier in August after the first three test flights of 2025 all ended in dramatic explosions in the sky.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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The app also modernizes a traveler favorite.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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As Duke modernizes its infrastructure to meet the Carolinas’ growing energy needs, combining the 52,000-square-mile service area would avoid redundant investments and costs like maintenance and fuel.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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Instead of juggling dozens of photos in your camera roll, Proofr streamlines the process.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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For a good while, though, Schnabel streamlines it into an entertainingly low-down saga of the place where violent crime meets poetic passion.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Contemporizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporizes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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