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
The question is whether the audience and the rest of the country would be better served if more energy devoted to political fights were spent on the less glamorous, but far more consequential, task of updating communications law for the world that actually exists.
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Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The secretary of state job is administrative, Potter said, and she’s dedicated to updating and modernizing the office.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Room availability information comes directly from participating facilities, which are responsible for updating their status within Carenector’s system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
The company had to tackle those foundational problems before updating the menu, Curtis said.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s because Boise is working through its library facilities plan this year, updating a document published in 2000.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Arnon, who died in 2022, stayed in close touch with families of kids sickened by infant botulism, updating them as his scientific work progressed.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Casetta Group, known for elevating boutique hotels, acquired Casa Cody in 2017 and renovated the property in 2020—updating the rooms while maintaining the unique charm.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The strain is also visible within the Aurora Police Department, where aging buildings that were never intended to be police stations need updating.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The secretary of state job is administrative, Potter said, and she’s dedicated to updating and modernizing the office.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Room availability information comes directly from participating facilities, which are responsible for updating their status within Carenector’s system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
The company had to tackle those foundational problems before updating the menu, Curtis said.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s because Boise is working through its library facilities plan this year, updating a document published in 2000.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Arnon, who died in 2022, stayed in close touch with families of kids sickened by infant botulism, updating them as his scientific work progressed.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Casetta Group, known for elevating boutique hotels, acquired Casa Cody in 2017 and renovated the property in 2020—updating the rooms while maintaining the unique charm.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The strain is also visible within the Aurora Police Department, where aging buildings that were never intended to be police stations need updating.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for updating
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The state is now in the process of redesigning a new system that will rely on two statewide 911 providers, one to act as a primary provider and another as backup.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mazda could’ve solved its infotainment system issues by simply moving the screens closer to the front-seat occupants, enabling touch functionality throughout the system, and redesigning the native interface to be more modern.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tasked with maintaining and modernizing the grid and accelerating the transition to renewables, LUMA has overseen a system in which only about 7% of electricity comes from clean sources, even as outages and rates have increased.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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In a world that’s modernizing faster than most of us can keep up, things at Knaus have remained delightfully old-fashioned.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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The administration also created an Office of Immigration Policy in the Labor Department to help employers with workforce needs, including streamlining the visa processes for temporary workers, the White House said.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
24 Feb. 2026
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Funding through the bill could potentially allow the city of Pasadena to provide supplies like dog crates directly to the aid group, streamlining the response.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Many Cubans remain fiercely nationalistic and are not likely to accept any deal that requires them to surrender their national sovereignty by remaking their political or economic system to please the United States.—
William M. LeoGrande,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement The West and China are filling AI gaps and remaking some of the most complex and global supply chains in history into more resilient assets in the process.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Updating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/updating. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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