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
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
Model updates need canary deployments, not direct-to-production releases.
—Vasu Raj Jain, Forbes.com, 18 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
These include criteria and eligibility updates to the Best New Artist, Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album categories.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
Board of education updates existing policy At a May 14 meeting in Miami-Dade County, the State Board of Education updated its policies to require school districts to allow parents to request permission for a student to be absent from school for religious instruction or religious holidays.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Design updates that traditionally require months could move into production within weeks.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
As with other Apple OS updates, the 27 series will be free.
—Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Model updates need canary deployments, not direct-to-production releases.
—Vasu Raj Jain, Forbes.com, 18 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
These include criteria and eligibility updates to the Best New Artist, Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album categories.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
Board of education updates existing policy At a May 14 meeting in Miami-Dade County, the State Board of Education updated its policies to require school districts to allow parents to request permission for a student to be absent from school for religious instruction or religious holidays.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Design updates that traditionally require months could move into production within weeks.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
As with other Apple OS updates, the 27 series will be free.
—Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 9 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.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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This approach redesigns enterprise workflows to embed value, operationalize governance and harden the AI lifecycle, ensuring reliability over time.—
Ashwin Gaidhani,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.—
Jake Coyle,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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SiC modernizes grid-to-server power conversion with breakthrough efficiencies utilizing high-voltage direct current transmission and solid-state transformers.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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As markets learn to manufacture intelligence, politics modernizes, upgrades paranoia, and tries to get a grip.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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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.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
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Offer a fresh idea that streamlines the group’s plan, then block a focused hour for your art so independence and teamwork thrive.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2026
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“Updates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/updates. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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