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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 revolutionizes
This pattern, observed in modern birds, rarely appears in reptiles and other dinosaurs; this discovery revolutionizes our understanding of dinosaur parental care and suggests more complex social systems.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
However, one of the most striking innovations is the Fire Queso Sauce Packet, an idea that revolutionizes the concept of sauce packets by offering edible packaging with a crunchy texture that contains cheese.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
The ceramic coating on the glass, two pieces of safety glass, and the spring-action metal make up the ASB GlassFloor, which the company hopes revolutionizes basketball-playing surfaces.
—Pj Green
march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
Whether this friends-based, Facebook-like approach revolutionizes on-demand charter, as FlyShare forecasts, remains to be seen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
Meerkat revolutionizes physical substation security by offering a more accurate and thorough analysis compared to conventional approaches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
However, one of the most striking innovations is the Fire Queso Sauce Packet, an idea that revolutionizes the concept of sauce packets by offering edible packaging with a crunchy texture that contains cheese.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
The ceramic coating on the glass, two pieces of safety glass, and the spring-action metal make up the ASB GlassFloor, which the company hopes revolutionizes basketball-playing surfaces.
—Pj Green
march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
Whether this friends-based, Facebook-like approach revolutionizes on-demand charter, as FlyShare forecasts, remains to be seen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
Meerkat revolutionizes physical substation security by offering a more accurate and thorough analysis compared to conventional approaches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionizes
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On June 6 and 7, the festival transforms streets and sidewalks into a temporary outdoor art museum.—
Laura Daily,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
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Forty-eight days, 16 hours, 57 minutes and 12 seconds after a virus transforms humanity into a blissful symbiotic horde, one of its survivors, Carol (Rhea Seehorn), treats a rooftop as a personal driving range — the golf balls shattering a neighboring building’s windows.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Today, past patterns are even less useful for predicting the weather, as climate change alters global weather patterns and drives record-breaking storms and heat waves.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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The authors wrote that rocket soot increases stratospheric temperatures, alters atmospheric circulation and depletes the ozone layer.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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