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update

verb

ˌəp-ˈdāt How to pronounce update (audio)
Definition of updatenext
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 same query can surface different citations across sessions as models update, which makes this an ongoing practice rather than a one-time audit. — Hastimal Jangid, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Blue Jays injury rehab updates Trey Yesavage didn’t get out of the first inning in his Triple-A rehab outing Tuesday. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Last year, a utility regulation bill prohibited big energy users, like data centers, from offloading the cost of updating the power grid to a broad base of consumers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 The city hasn't updated its Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance in 40 years. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for update
Recent Examples of Synonyms for update
  1. redesign
  2. modernize
  3. streamline
  4. remake
Verb
  • Based on the oxygen-reaction findings, the researchers redesigned the operating voltage range and formation conditions for 40 Ah-class cells.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In the twenty-tens, modern investigations made clear that the work was in danger of becoming distorted by this display, which would need to be redesigned.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of redesign
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  • The funds are earmarked for modernizing several other facilities, including the Johnston YMCA in NoDa, which recently secured a $5 million federal appropriation, as well as the Stratford Richardson, Harris and Hemby Program Center YMCAs.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Under prior management there was a push to attract a younger customer and modernize the business, but Hutchison doesn’t believe that’s the right route.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of modernize
Verb
  • Disney‘s President and Chief Creative Officer Dana Walden is streamlining the leadership of the company’s direct-to-consumer operation.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For the deceased who leave behind an inheritance in Mexico, including land, the process for Mexican beneficiaries is streamlined through probate court.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of streamline
Verb
  • Against a North Texas team that had to completely remake its roster because of mass defections, Hoover completed 13-of-16 passes for 231 yards with four touchdowns in a blowout win.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
  • As Silicon Valley remakes the world yet again, swallowing up our water and spiking our electricity bills, homelessness remains endemic to that region of California.
    — Piper French, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of remake

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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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