How to Use modernize in a Sentence

modernize

verb

• The school needs a building with modernized classrooms.
• The country recently announced plans to begin modernizing its army.
• Older companies will need to modernize quickly if they are to survive in today's economy.
• We're modernizing our kitchen with a new oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher.
• The design has been modernized, there's no more Home button, and the bezels around the screen are slim.
  — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
• The logo has been modernized, and the Android mascot, called Bugdroid, has a fresh 3D look.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• There are a fair few ways to modernize your desk setup with new monitors or stands to make your desk the best spot in your house to work.
  — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
• The change to a Black lead modernizes what has always been a uniformly white family in these types of movies.
  — Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
• The paper helped kick off a debate about how to limit the tech giants and how to modernize antitrust practices.
  — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• The grandstand will be modernized and made smaller for the smaller on-track crowds that horse racing has drawn in recent years.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• That’s why the city is working to modernize older office spaces and construct new ones with these goals in mind.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The paper helped kick off a debate about whether U.S. antitrust laws needed to be modernized to rein in tech giants.
  — David McCabe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Obama seemed to see her wardrobe as part of an effort to modernize and expand the archetypes of American glamour.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Tran said that the scope of the project was to update all the interior finishes and modernize the home as much as possible.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• But Kerala’s move to modernize doesn’t extend to every aspect of life.
  — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2024
• While the 19th-century structure maintains the frame of a barn stuck in time, the space is modernized with decor, artwork, leather chairs, and other upscale details.
  — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2024
• These efforts are part of Saudi Arabia and bin Salman’s grand plan, known as Vision 2030, to modernize the country.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 July 2023
• In the past five years, the current owner has renovated and modernized every square inch of the original 6,583-square-foot home.
  — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• Such events are a sign that F1 is currently winning in its mission to modernize a sport which is showing no signs of slowing down.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• While the essence of boxing should remain unchanged, leaders can adapt and modernize the structures that surround it.
  — Oleksandr Usyk, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• But in terms of modernizing a beloved game that’s nearly 30 years old, this new System Shock pulls off an impressive feat.
  — Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• According to New Delhi, the reforms would cut back on government waste and help modernize the state.
  — Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
• Biden saw Brown as the right person for the job because of his work modernizing the U.S. fleet of aircraft and its nuclear arsenal.
  — Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
• The money is meant to modernize a tax collection agency plagued with understaffing in an effort to crack down on wealth tax cheats.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
• More recently, renovations were made to modernize the rooms as tourists flocked back to Seoul.
  — Lauretta Charlton, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• But there’s been no attempt to impose a novel style, to modernize — it’s only been eight years, but styles change fast — or to improve what needs no improving.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
• But the tradition is modernizing: in the past three years, small hotels with a focus on cold-water immersion have cropped up around the country.
  — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2024
• Watchdog As deaths and lawsuits pile up, sheriff releases a 10-year plan to modernize aging San Diego jails.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• If the league doesn’t find a way to expand the applicant pool, there could be a logjam at the top that ruins this rare opportunity to truly modernize the sport.
  — Mark Patricof, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• This wheeled suitcase, which comes in a caramel hue, takes design cues from classic travel trunks, but modernizes it with a telescopic handle and two wheels.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024