as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century
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Recent Examples of modernize
BlackRock estimates up to $85 trillion in investment will be required over the next 15 years to modernize older systems and build out the new energy security and AI‑era infrastructure coming online.
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Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Brooches befit the tweed tailoring, and velvet was modernized in a sleek olive green column dress and a little black evening gown.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
District leaders state they have not been informed of any findings related to fraud and are working to modernize outdated systems.
—Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 10 Feb. 2026
From an operational standpoint, our focus remains on delivering effective service today while continuing to grow and modernize to meet the evolving public-safety needs of the city of Tucker residents and businesses.
—Monique John, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Brooches befit the tweed tailoring, and velvet was modernized in a sleek olive green column dress and a little black evening gown.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
District leaders state they have not been informed of any findings related to fraud and are working to modernize outdated systems.
—Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 10 Feb. 2026
From an operational standpoint, our focus remains on delivering effective service today while continuing to grow and modernize to meet the evolving public-safety needs of the city of Tucker residents and businesses.
—Monique John, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernize
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Their goal was to enable faster decision-making without completely redesigning existing camera systems.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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As new abilities improve, Fauna can add them through software updates rather than redesigning the hardware.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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This story has been updated with additional information.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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This story was updated to add new information.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Finally, cut property taxes, streamline regulation, and keep Texas affordable so families can stay and businesses keep choosing Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel already established a Gothic world in which the trauma is as loud as the wind on the moors, and Emerald Fennell’s adaptation excises major portions of the book to streamline that atmospheric darkness and ultimate tragedy.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The show, in exaggerating adolescence—in remaking that consequential phase as a fantasy and a melodrama—also managed to honor it.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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That echoes recommendations laid out in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a sweeping conservative plan to remake American society that includes limiting regulation of climate pollution.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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