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
About a stone’s throw away on the seafront, Parc du Provençal houses two additional restaurants all updated by Parente, as well as the tennis court and iconic seawater swimming pool built into the rock.
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
This article was originally published in February 2024 but has been re-edited and updated with new information current as of June 5, 2025.
—Paul McClure 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This story may be updated as more details become available.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Despite asking for more time to update their long-term planning frameworks, Florida Power and Light (FPL) is already charging ahead with substantial infrastructure projects.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
This article was originally published in February 2024 but has been re-edited and updated with new information current as of June 5, 2025.
—Paul McClure 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This story may be updated as more details become available.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Despite asking for more time to update their long-term planning frameworks, Florida Power and Light (FPL) is already charging ahead with substantial infrastructure projects.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for update
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Lasting change will require curbing PBM influence and redesigning incentives to reward value and competition.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The neutral density filter remains, and while the outside appears to have been redesigned, with slightly different buttons, the basic silhouette is the same.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
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Today, Washington sees the efforts underway in Philadelphia to revitalize Philly Shipyard and hire more Philadelphians in the shipbuilding industry as a cornerstone of the effort to resurrect U.S. commercial shipping, expand and modernize the U.S. Navy, and reindustrialize the United States.—
Boston Herald,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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The section of the bill includes the ban alongside a $500 million funding allocation over that time period aimed at modernizing government operations with AI and automation.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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Read on to learn how focused digital tools can streamline the work of highly specialized companies and roles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Besides carve-outs for individual projects in recent years, lawmakers have passed CEQA streamlining for certain kinds of housing and other developments.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The overwhelming impression Cummings gave was that politicians were the useful idiots who should give him the runway to remake the state.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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Nationwide injunctions have emerged as an important check on Trump’s efforts to remake the government and a source of mounting frustration to the Republican president and his allies.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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