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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
Under his direction, Sheetz grew from a regional chain into a multi-state enterprise, expanding its footprint across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio while modernizing store offerings.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Since then, there have been major improvements in modernizing the levees and flood risk management.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
But in the 1950s, the Ecke family began modernizing breeding so that the plant was more suited to growing in containers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Reports suggest China is growing and modernizing its weapons faster than any other nuclear power, a charge that Beijing has denied.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
In addition to replacing the wooden trough, the agency also continued the build out of the Green Line Train Protection System, meant to prevent head-on collisions on the tracks, and other improvements, including modernizing signals and brightening stations.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
My record is cutting taxes, cutting waste, opposing utility rate hikes and modernizing systems.
—Rishi Kumar, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
This decision reflects listening to people across the country and taking a practical step toward modernizing outdated policies.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Since then, there have been major improvements in modernizing the levees and flood risk management.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
But in the 1950s, the Ecke family began modernizing breeding so that the plant was more suited to growing in containers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Reports suggest China is growing and modernizing its weapons faster than any other nuclear power, a charge that Beijing has denied.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
In addition to replacing the wooden trough, the agency also continued the build out of the Green Line Train Protection System, meant to prevent head-on collisions on the tracks, and other improvements, including modernizing signals and brightening stations.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
My record is cutting taxes, cutting waste, opposing utility rate hikes and modernizing systems.
—Rishi Kumar, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
This decision reflects listening to people across the country and taking a practical step toward modernizing outdated policies.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernizing
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Staff are updating systems to be able to perform streamlined income verification for gig workers, as well as pull in education enrollment data to verify future community engagement requirements for Medicaid.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
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Winter can dampen creativity, but updating your kitchen paint can help restore energy.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
6 Jan. 2026
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The new editor is also giving the magazine a facelift, redesigning its logo and drawing visual inspiration from its archives.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Key changes include redesigning the Stadium Interchange into a diverging diamond and rebuilding the Hawley Road interchange.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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According to a 62-page transition plan authored by Isaacman and obtained by Bloomberg, his vision for NASA is ambitious—reinvigorating lunar missions, expanding partnerships with academic institutions and the private sector, and streamlining internal bureaucracy.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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His administration has committed to pulling back on AI regulations and streamlining permitting for new data centers and energy infrastructure.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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That offseason, Tallon went about remaking the roster.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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On a grander, longer-lasting level, the New Haven Museum is remaking the main exhibition on its ground floor to reflect New Haven’s role in the American Revolution.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Modernizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernizing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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