as in redesigns
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 updates
Another integration updates a downstream system.
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Hope Frank,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Additional features include hot-swappable batteries, bidirectional lighting, OTA updates, and modular expansion options.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
Silversea regularly updates its voyages, with new sailings available with reduced single supplements.
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Janice Wald Henderson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
The Federal Emergency Management Agency develops and updates maps that determine who’s in a flood plain and must buy insurance, and to help communities plan.
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Tammy Webber,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Decker-Jacoby also updates a roundup of the best Bath & Body Works sales today every week.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
23 June 2026
Nieves agreed that his leisure time and focus changed sharply after the birth of his child, Hudson, now 3 years old, as did his friend group updates.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The Star will have staff members all across the sites bringing you updates.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
The narrative updates Bond for the age of artificial intelligence.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Hope Frank,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Additional features include hot-swappable batteries, bidirectional lighting, OTA updates, and modular expansion options.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
Silversea regularly updates its voyages, with new sailings available with reduced single supplements.
—
Janice Wald Henderson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
The Federal Emergency Management Agency develops and updates maps that determine who’s in a flood plain and must buy insurance, and to help communities plan.
—
Tammy Webber,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Decker-Jacoby also updates a roundup of the best Bath & Body Works sales today every week.
—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
23 June 2026
Nieves agreed that his leisure time and focus changed sharply after the birth of his child, Hudson, now 3 years old, as did his friend group updates.
—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The Star will have staff members all across the sites bringing you updates.
—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
The narrative updates Bond for the age of artificial intelligence.
—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for updates
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At the conclusion of every regular season, provided the Knicks make the playoffs, the organization redesigns the corridor leading from the home locker room to the Madison Square Garden hardwood floors.
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This approach redesigns enterprise workflows to embed value, operationalize governance and harden the AI lifecycle, ensuring reliability over time.
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More broadly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, this week laid off 8,000 workers as the company remakes itself with AI.
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The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.
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And yet, as Fort Lauderdale aggressively modernizes around the club, Schwartz says his throwback bar fits right in.
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SiC modernizes grid-to-server power conversion with breakthrough efficiencies utilizing high-voltage direct current transmission and solid-state transformers.
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The pigment is a happy bonus that streamlines your routine even further—a skin tint, serum, moisturizer, and sunscreen all in one.
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Leatherman streamlines the build of its Garage Batch #008 Captain's Crunch but gives it much of the same functionality as the original.
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“Updates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/updates. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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