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 In 2025, a mini renovation updated the hotel’s façade, added more seating and a second hot tub to the indoor pool area, and refreshed the Gallery Restaurant to give it a more modern feel. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 The piece is now back with Laget, though the Kennedy Center’s website has not been updated to reflect this. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The expectation is that Apple will announce a new foldable iPhone as well as other product updates. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 For example, Social Security's citizenship data often isn't updated when people naturalize, and the SAVE data system, operated by USCIS, frequently doesn't include records for people who became citizens as minors when their parents naturalized. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for update

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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

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To maximize their effectiveness, the United States should build global support for refocusing their strategy, streamlining their operations, and making new investments in them.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Even after efforts under Bass to streamline hiring and boost recruitment, Chief Jim McDonnell has warned that the department may not be adequately staffed in time for the 2028 Olympics.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of streamline

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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

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