Thesaurus results for UPDATE

update

verb

ˌəp-ˈdāt

Definition of update

as in to redesign

to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences

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Recent Examples of update The hospital is required to update the list monthly and prohibited from removing someone from the list, whether or not anything in their medical record has changed. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026 Meta last month updated its smart glasses so cameras get disabled if they’ve been tampered with. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Maybe a coworker calls out of work or your laptop decides to update, forcing a restart at the worst possible time. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 The person behind the original Reddit post later updated the thread to say the travelers canceled their trip. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for update

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The company believes the same software architecture will allow customers to deploy standardized power blocks without redesigning the control system for every project.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
However, redesigning operating models, ways of working, and the leadership needed to guide this shift has lagged behind the demands of this new era.

— Neil Dhar, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of redesign

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As organizations modernize products, cloud environments, AI systems and vendor standards, leaders must determine where the rules apply, how systems interact and whether compliance will hold up as technology changes.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1890’s novella, Burch has modernized it and changed the Vienna setting to New York City’s Soho district, a once-bustling enclave for artists and poets and now something quite different.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of modernize

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The businessman who led a group of investors that pulled Tongaat Hulett back from the brink of liquidation plans to remake southern Africa sugar giant.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Encounters with shifting coastlines, towering redwoods, and mycelial networks spark meditations on inheritance, resilience, and the work of remaking a life.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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