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
City officials say the program is aimed at improving safety and modernizing how red-light violations are handled.
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Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 1 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
The stock dropped 13% in a single day in February after artificial intelligence model builder Anthropic said AI could assist companies with modernizing code written in the COBOL programming language.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Some of those resources could go to modernizing computer systems to allow for better statewide law enforcement coordination, Greene said.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
By modernizing access to materials and instruction, Home Depot invested much of its resources across the past five decades into empowering homeowners to renovate kitchens, build decks, landscape yards and do so much more all by themselves.
—Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But that’s not without the Masters modernizing in some ways.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Walker has helped lead the charge in the organization, bringing in outside voices and modernizing its operation.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 1 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
The stock dropped 13% in a single day in February after artificial intelligence model builder Anthropic said AI could assist companies with modernizing code written in the COBOL programming language.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Some of those resources could go to modernizing computer systems to allow for better statewide law enforcement coordination, Greene said.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
By modernizing access to materials and instruction, Home Depot invested much of its resources across the past five decades into empowering homeowners to renovate kitchens, build decks, landscape yards and do so much more all by themselves.
—Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But that’s not without the Masters modernizing in some ways.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Walker has helped lead the charge in the organization, bringing in outside voices and modernizing its operation.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernizing
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Soto-Martínez said his biggest accomplishments include raising the minimum wage to $30 for tourism workers, updating the rent stabilization ordinance for the first time in 40 years and growing his district’s rapid response network to combat federal immigration raids.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Starting this December, American men between the ages of 18 and 25 will be automatically registered into the military draft pool, updating an already existing process that depended on individuals to register themselves.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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In one case, while redesigning a ribosomal protein called RpsJ, the AI remodeled an alpha helix—a structural element bridging different parts of the ribosome—and introduced eight new nearby mutations to compensate for the substitution of just two isoleucines.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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Beyond immediate risks, broader questions remain about how far humans should go in redesigning life and what unintended consequences such changes could have for ecosystems.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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Surgical robot Neuralink has accelerated implantation by streamlining procedural steps and refining hardware, including upgraded needle designs and advanced optics.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Local governments play a crucial role in affordable housing development by streamlining the permitting and zoning processes.—
Ryan von Weller,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 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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“Modernizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernizing. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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