as in updating
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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The agency has also been publishing fewer reports in its flagship publication the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, canceled a campaign to encourage flu vaccination, paused updating critical databases and rarely briefs reporters.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Netflix runs a daily updating Top 10 list on viewers’ home pages.—
Samantha Bergeson,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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This flexibility allows operators to adapt the system across different mission sets without redesigning the aircraft.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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What’s actually separating companies right now is whether leadership is redesigning how work is measured, managed, and scaled in an AI era.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Supporters have said the rebuilt facility will allow Austin to host larger events, generate more visitor spending and create jobs, while also modernizing aging infrastructure.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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Stuckey’s proposal says the work includes modernizing roofing and flooring at the Centennial Park Aquatic Center and painting the ceiling at the Orland Park Health and Fitness Center.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The website connects patients to drugmakers’ direct-to-consumer sites rather than serving as a platform for direct purchases, streamlining the buying process.—
Ali Swenson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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China has taken measures to make the renminbi more attractive to foreign investors, such as increasing access to Chinese securities like stocks, bonds and commodities, and streamlining cross-border payments.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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An ambitious project in Kansas City could fill two vacant office buildings with hundreds of housing units while remaking the downtown skyline.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
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All of that has, however, been called into question by a new administration noisily remaking the center as partisan and politicizing even renovation and Lincoln.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Contemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporizing. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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