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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ComMarker has been continually updating the software and each iteration has been better than the last.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025 -
Over the last 12 months, Chamberlain has slowly transitioned from the hybrid bob to the pixie cut, updating the color, tone and length along the way.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Begin redesigning your organization now around human skills and phase out traditional hierarchies.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Another tactic is redesigning incentives.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Future upgrades The US Navy has begun modernizing its Trident arsenal to ensure its reliability through the 2080s.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Rather than modernizing the period setting, Park aims for historical authenticity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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As Big Ten rivals Michigan and then Ohio State won national titles, Penn State was still getting its NIL house in order, consolidating its funding, streamlining its operations, aligning its power players and making Happy Valley an appealing and lucrative place for top talent to come — and stay.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Originally founded in 2017 as Capital Rx with a vision of transforming and streamlining the process of managing medical prescriptions, the company was re-branded as Judi Health on Tuesday.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Attacks on academia are fundamentally about remaking the labor practices that define higher education.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.—
Vincent Acovino,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Contemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporizing. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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