as in to transform
to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)
The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel. This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment. This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works.
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Recent Examples of revolutionize
Musk has proved skeptics wrong plenty of times before, successfully making electric vehicles mainstream and revolutionizing space launches with reusable rockets.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Those films revolutionized the way that Hollywood does business — demonstrating that movies could sell T-shirts and toys as well as tickets.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2026
At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education.
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Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
New episodes drop every other Thursday, kicking off on June 11 with biochemist and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, who helped revolutionize gene editing and biology as co-discoverer of the CRISPR-Cas9 system.
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Quanta Magazine,
4 June 2026
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Those films revolutionized the way that Hollywood does business — demonstrating that movies could sell T-shirts and toys as well as tickets.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2026
At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education.
—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
New episodes drop every other Thursday, kicking off on June 11 with biochemist and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, who helped revolutionize gene editing and biology as co-discoverer of the CRISPR-Cas9 system.
—
Quanta Magazine,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionize
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This Mini Carey Crossbody Bag transforms from a crossbody bag to a clutch to a shoulder bag.
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New church Less than a generation later, the Protestant Reformation transformed Christianity, dividing Europe and spawning brutal violence.
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The higher water content alters the texture, and most baking recipes are formulated assuming a higher percentage of fat.
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After season one’s show-altering reveal that Sugar is an alien, his fellow alien species is exposed and harmed by the human powers that be, forcing them to retreat to their home planet.
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Prices and availability may change.
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But the mood quickly changed when team coach Migné’s name was announced, and the crowd responded with boos.
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“Revolutionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolutionize. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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