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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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The first known use of modernize was in 1716

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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 27 Nov. 2021.

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