modernizing

verb

present participle of modernize
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 As the industrial age took hold, geometry continued to show force in the colonial infantries abroad and through isomorphic police squadrons that fit neatly into modernizing city blocks patrolled back home. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The browser’s latest update brings a design overhaul to all desktop and mobile users, aimed at modernizing Firefox with bubble-like tabs, a rounded address bar, and refreshed colors, icons, and themes. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2026 This includes repairing roofs, modernizing classrooms, upgrading heating and cooling systems, improving security and constructing new buildings. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Under Williams’ leadership, El Pollo Loco has embarked on a turnaround focused on modernizing its restaurants and expanding its menu into more convenient options, like wraps and chicken tenders. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Staying true to the brand’s heritage and legacy while modernizing the offer was praised. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 Now Russians are actually modernizing them, making completely new technologies. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Vendors with legacy architecture and years of acquisitions must recover the enormous cost of modernizing and integrating it before their AI can run at a reasonable cost, and their customers fund that recovery through price increases. — Katherine Kostereva, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The flight problems also come as the transportation secretary continues to call for modernizing the nation’s aging air traffic control infrastructure. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernizing
  1. updating
  2. redesigning
  3. streamlining
  4. remaking
Verb
  • The tech world believes the next big thing involves personalized AI agents that can take on mundane tasks like updating a calendar, making purchases, responding to emails and even making phone calls.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Sometimes the relationship is fine and the system around it simply needs updating.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of updating
Verb
  • Nightstands, upholstered chairs and wood furniture can be added without redesigning an entire space, and vintage lighting or storage pieces work the same way.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Its architecture allows engineers to change mission equipment without redesigning the entire aircraft.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of redesigning
Verb
  • Permitting legislation, in particular, was viewed as a way to address the cost of living, given its focus on streamlining energy projects.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The platform brings together scripts, notes, budgets, location photography and production breakdowns, with the aim of streamlining information management across the production workflow.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of streamlining
Verb
  • The war also gave new force to two powerful ideological movements, Soviet Communism and European Fascism, both of which seemed hellbent on destabilizing, then remaking, the global order.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Surging fuel prices driven by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are remaking global politics.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of remaking

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