as in updating
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 modernizing
The official added that allies are increasing investments in warships, aircraft, drones, long-range missiles, as well as space and cyber capabilities, while boosting readiness and modernizing command and control.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Newsom said the state's strategy includes expanding water recycling, desalination projects and stormwater capture while also modernizing aging infrastructure.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Anyone who stays here can see that the renovation was more about preserving and updating the building’s identity than blindly modernizing it for an Instagram audience.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
The city council has spent the last decade approving streamlined planning and permitting, density bonuses and updating and modernizing community plans.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Strengthening coordination across agencies and modernizing data systems will help ensure taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and deliver real value.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
That means modernizing how the city operates, using technology, better data and streamlined processes to reduce waste and improve service delivery.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Until companies do the hard, expensive, unsexy work of cleaning up their data and modernizing their access controls, agents will keep hitting walls.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Kapetan’s yearning, intimate voice is still front and center, mixing and modernizing elements of favorites of the aughts like Conor Oberst (his earnestness), Ben Kweller (his wit), and Sufjan Stevens (his beauty).
—Brendan Hay, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Newsom said the state's strategy includes expanding water recycling, desalination projects and stormwater capture while also modernizing aging infrastructure.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Anyone who stays here can see that the renovation was more about preserving and updating the building’s identity than blindly modernizing it for an Instagram audience.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
The city council has spent the last decade approving streamlined planning and permitting, density bonuses and updating and modernizing community plans.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Strengthening coordination across agencies and modernizing data systems will help ensure taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and deliver real value.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
That means modernizing how the city operates, using technology, better data and streamlined processes to reduce waste and improve service delivery.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Until companies do the hard, expensive, unsexy work of cleaning up their data and modernizing their access controls, agents will keep hitting walls.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Kapetan’s yearning, intimate voice is still front and center, mixing and modernizing elements of favorites of the aughts like Conor Oberst (his earnestness), Ben Kweller (his wit), and Sufjan Stevens (his beauty).
—Brendan Hay, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernizing
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The American Planning Association notes that municipalities nationwide continue updating zoning policies to allow them.—
Zakkiyyah Terrell White,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The city council has spent the last decade approving streamlined planning and permitting, density bonuses and updating and modernizing community plans.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Instead of redesigning airport systems from scratch, companies are exploring humanoid robots that can fit into existing workflows.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Since then, scientists have devised ways of redesigning these molecules to better infiltrate muscle cells, leading to vastly higher dystrophin levels.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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Blackstreet Capital Management focused on buying companies on the brink of financial collapse, injecting them with short-term cash, slashing costs and streamlining operations before flipping them to bigger firms at a profit.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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While mixtures of two or three metals were messy and unstable, the five-metal combination paradoxically self-organized into a single, uniform product, streamlining 31 possible chemical outcomes into a single, precise nanocrystal.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Zadik Zadikian’s project, The Studio, turns a 5,000-square-foot space inside the Arsenale into a working studio, where Zadikian and his assistants will spend the six months of the Biennale’s run making and remaking sculptures in front of visitors.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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Kansas is a blue blood remaking its roster after an underwhelming season.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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