as in redesigning
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 updating
While the teacher continued on talking, updating her on her daughter’s progress, Goh’s mind was elsewhere.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Alongside this, the company is also updating its existing P7+ battery-electric versions in the Chinese market.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Created during the prolific reign of Louis XIV, the Académie Française has played a significant role in shaping French culture, preserving and updating the country’s language, grammar and usage over time.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Modernizing systems and trying out new tech The health department proposed spending $329 million on updating technology and using it to help people find care.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Below, the full list of 2026 Grammy Award nominations, updating live.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Many airlines are updating customer policies and warning travelers of potential itinerary updates.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Lake Orion Public Schools sought a $272 million bond to remodel and otherwise improve school buildings, education technology and other infrastructure like making playground equipment more accessible for people with disabilities and updating the district's bus fleet.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Like Kilpatrick, Howard associate dean Ingrid Sturgis said the school is updating its site and would soon restore the specific reference to Terez.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Alongside this, the company is also updating its existing P7+ battery-electric versions in the Chinese market.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Created during the prolific reign of Louis XIV, the Académie Française has played a significant role in shaping French culture, preserving and updating the country’s language, grammar and usage over time.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Modernizing systems and trying out new tech The health department proposed spending $329 million on updating technology and using it to help people find care.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Below, the full list of 2026 Grammy Award nominations, updating live.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Many airlines are updating customer policies and warning travelers of potential itinerary updates.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Lake Orion Public Schools sought a $272 million bond to remodel and otherwise improve school buildings, education technology and other infrastructure like making playground equipment more accessible for people with disabilities and updating the district's bus fleet.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Like Kilpatrick, Howard associate dean Ingrid Sturgis said the school is updating its site and would soon restore the specific reference to Terez.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for updating
Verb
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The new editor is also giving the magazine a facelift, redesigning its logo and drawing visual inspiration from its archives.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Key changes include redesigning the Stadium Interchange into a diverging diamond and rebuilding the Hawley Road interchange.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The airlines trade group pointed to a joint letter it and other aviation groups sent to Congress in February calling for unity in support of modernizing the ATC system.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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According to a 62-page transition plan authored by Isaacman and obtained by Bloomberg, his vision for NASA is ambitious—reinvigorating lunar missions, expanding partnerships with academic institutions and the private sector, and streamlining internal bureaucracy.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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His administration has committed to pulling back on AI regulations and streamlining permitting for new data centers and energy infrastructure.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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So my attention was taken up with wiping off the counter and the tiles, and remaking the coffee.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Upgrades on the century-old building will include pedestrian and landscaping improvements, a new event space and remaking a full-service restaurant space.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Updating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/updating. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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