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
This list of winners is being updated in real time Sunday.
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Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
This article has been updated with additional information.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
However, given the scale of the task of updating the German armed forces the allocation of money may be prioritized elsewhere.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
These indicators are updated weekly or daily and have shown a strong correlation with economic activity.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
This article has been updated with additional information.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
However, given the scale of the task of updating the German armed forces the allocation of money may be prioritized elsewhere.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
These indicators are updated weekly or daily and have shown a strong correlation with economic activity.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for update
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Unlike other social media companies that optimize algorithms to show users content that triggers the strongest reactions, Pinterest redesigned its artificial intelligence to prioritize what users consciously choose to see again, not just what captures their attention momentarily.—
Massimo Marioni,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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From groceries to legal advice, services are being redesigned to reach the customer—not the other way around.—
Robin Philip,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The text is broad in scope, modernizing the UK’s GDPR, streamlining data subject access, and enabling more fluid data sharing across public services and smart infrastructure.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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In areas in which the Biden administration recognized that reforms were needed—to modernize alliances, create new multilateral configurations, and attempt to build a post-neoliberal approach to international economics—the changes were evolutionary and in some cases incomplete.—
REBECCA LISSNER,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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A number of tools and platforms are available that can help streamline administrative processes, integrate billing systems and improve transparency.—
Paulina Wierzbicka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Amazon has already integrated AI across its logistics network, deploying over 750,000 robots since 2012 to streamline fulfillment.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Netflix is looking to remake another classic TV series.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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The last major campaign to remake the Washington bureaucracy was championed by Vice-President Al Gore, during the Clinton Administration, and developed under the name Reinventing Government.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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