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
Future upgrades The US Navy has begun modernizing its Trident arsenal to ensure its reliability through the 2080s.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Rather than modernizing the period setting, Park aims for historical authenticity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
The steelworkers union at the Granite City Works has called for $500 million of the Nippon investment to be applied to modernizing the Granite City Works.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Pakistan is slowly modernizing its nuclear weapons stockpile of approximately 170 warheads.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
We're tasked with modernizing critical systems that many people rely on, often under tight timelines, regulatory constraints and legacy limitations.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The city then heavily invested in modernizing the park in the ‘80s.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Towing industry representatives said another priority should be modernizing the DMV’s process for getting permission to sell someone’s vehicle.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Scale is another key modernizing tool.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Rather than modernizing the period setting, Park aims for historical authenticity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
The steelworkers union at the Granite City Works has called for $500 million of the Nippon investment to be applied to modernizing the Granite City Works.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Pakistan is slowly modernizing its nuclear weapons stockpile of approximately 170 warheads.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
We're tasked with modernizing critical systems that many people rely on, often under tight timelines, regulatory constraints and legacy limitations.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The city then heavily invested in modernizing the park in the ‘80s.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Towing industry representatives said another priority should be modernizing the DMV’s process for getting permission to sell someone’s vehicle.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Scale is another key modernizing tool.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernizing
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Explained As a government shutdown looms, federal agencies are updating contingency plans—some newly posted, others relying on years-old precedents—to guide operations under a funding lapse.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The initiative revisits some of the retailer’s most recognizable styles, updating them for the next generation of shoppers, according to the brand.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Ten women are participating in the inaugural program that will focus on redesigning the institution’s uniform for women.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Begin redesigning your organization now around human skills and phase out traditional hierarchies.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Amazon said streamlining its grocery offerings under one label would simplify the shopping process, while building on the success its private-label brands have achieved in recent years.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Along with granting official designation, City Hall can help by streamlining zoning, licensing, and permitting processes; sharing best practices across city departments; funding public space, safety, and signage, and developing criteria so other neighborhoods can be designated, Perez said.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Attacks on academia are fundamentally about remaking the labor practices that define higher education.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.—
Vincent Acovino,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Modernizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernizing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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