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
The time to modernize our jobs engine as one county is now.
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Will Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
This not only limits competition but also restricts the United States’ ability to increase stockpiles and modernize more quickly since U.S. defense firms face production and supply chain constraints.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Unlike his predecessor, who was admired by conservatives for railing against secular trends, Francis sought to modernize the church.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The commission — spearheaded by tech billionaire and senior adviser Elon Musk — argued at the time that access was necessary to modernize its payment systems amid the president’s moves to overhaul the federal workforce and cut government spending.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
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Will Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
This not only limits competition but also restricts the United States’ ability to increase stockpiles and modernize more quickly since U.S. defense firms face production and supply chain constraints.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Unlike his predecessor, who was admired by conservatives for railing against secular trends, Francis sought to modernize the church.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The commission — spearheaded by tech billionaire and senior adviser Elon Musk — argued at the time that access was necessary to modernize its payment systems amid the president’s moves to overhaul the federal workforce and cut government spending.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernize
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Another major change is that the Joy-Cons – the detachable controllers on both sides of the screen – have been redesigned to attach magnetically to the screen and can be used like a computer mouse on surfaces.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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But even the things that look similar have been redesigned from the ground up.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Gutiérrez Soto building in Madrid’s upscale Salamanca district has been updated and restored by the architect Julio Touza Sacristán.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 May 2025
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Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.—
Elda Cantú,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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In March, the organization launched a mobile app to streamline this process.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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At the Wednesday event, Blumenthal said while there are undoubtedly opportunities to streamline VA operations, the current approach could upend access to care for veterans.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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And so the company re-created the staging, rebuilding Etienne Pluss’s sets, remaking Ursula Kudrna’s costumes, and casting the lifelike head of Jochanaan (a.k.a. St. John the Baptist) in the image of baritone Peter Mattei.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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Yair Rosenberg: Trump is remaking the world in his image Nowhere is this shift more consequential than in the United States, which was the original visionary and anchor of the postwar order.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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