revolutionized

past tense of revolutionize
as in transformed
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 revolutionized The park opened in Tempe in the summer of 1965 and completely revolutionized the skating game. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025 Watch Ghosts on Paramount+ Renowned filmmaker David Lynch revolutionized television when infusing his cinematic style into this early-'90s mystery series. Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 Herbert, a visionary whose innovative idea to standardize color with the Pantone Matching System, revolutionized the worldwide language and use of color. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025 Stable isotope analyses have revolutionized how paleoecologists reconstruct the diets of many ancient organisms. Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025 The Trapped in Paradise actor then marveled at how the artist revolutionized contemporary pop music. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 The company has been taking some pages out of the book of SpaceX, which has revolutionized access to the final frontier and was the first space company to start building a commercial vehicle that wasn't designed and developed by NASA. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Spanx revolutionized the intimate apparel industry and created an entirely new category of shapewear. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 The Hardys and The Dudleyz, along with Edge & Christian, revolutionized tag team wrestling in the early 2000s with their groundbreaking Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionized
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  • Later in the evening, the church pews were moved outside so the chapel could be transformed into a dance floor, with the groom's close friend, DJ Spence, performing Afrobeat music.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Austin’s disappearance transformed his mother, Debra, into a geopolitical crusader overnight.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • In 1984, the name was changed to the Amelia Brown Frazier Rehabilitation Center in her honor.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Othmann was outlasted by fellow winger prospects Brett Berard and Gabe Perreault, but apparently something changed between then and now.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Johnson says the concussion affected his ability to concentrate and even altered his personality that year, which dovetailed with the release of his 2010 double album, The Guitar Song.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The lack of fire drastically altered local ecosystems, according to Kyle Brazil, a wildlife biologist with Central Hardwoods Joint Venture, a network of governmental and non-profit conservation agencies.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025

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