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
Those who succeed will not only modernize IT but will transform their organizations into truly digital enterprises.
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Maria Raymond, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
In an interview with Morning Edition, Amy Odell, a fashion and culture journalist and author of Anna: The Biography, spoke with NPR's A Martinez about Wintour's legacy, the challenges her new successor will face when modernizing the magazine and the current the relevance of Vogue today.
—A Martínez, NPR, 27 June 2025
The text is broad in scope, modernizing the UK’s GDPR, streamlining data subject access, and enabling more fluid data sharing across public services and smart infrastructure.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Stringer additionally promised to invest in public housing so that apartments are repaired and modernized.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
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Maria Raymond, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
In an interview with Morning Edition, Amy Odell, a fashion and culture journalist and author of Anna: The Biography, spoke with NPR's A Martinez about Wintour's legacy, the challenges her new successor will face when modernizing the magazine and the current the relevance of Vogue today.
—A Martínez, NPR, 27 June 2025
The text is broad in scope, modernizing the UK’s GDPR, streamlining data subject access, and enabling more fluid data sharing across public services and smart infrastructure.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Stringer additionally promised to invest in public housing so that apartments are repaired and modernized.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernize
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These pieces are then deconstructed, redesigned, and sold back to the Global North.—
Ezreen Benissan,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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The Fantasyland and Tomorrowland Autopia tracks were combined in 2000 and the cars were redesigned.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
7 July 2025
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Not all users will see the same options in the Gemini app or Google app, as settings can differ based on device model, region, or update status.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Healthcare Administration: If agents can update patient records or schedule procedures, mistakes can compromise patient safety and violate privacy laws.—
Calum Chace,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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On the city level, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order in May aimed at streamlining bureaucratic red tape around local production while City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian is currently researching potential permitting reforms.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Automate severance processes: AI tools have long been capable of streamlining a variety of administrative tasks.—
C200,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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In the process, this collaboration has raised worries that a new strategic axis is now working to remake the world order in an anti-Western, authoritarian direction.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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More than two dozen workers spent a year remaking the interior and exterior of the home, which is now being rented to Urban Corps members, the organization said.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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