as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century
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Recent Examples of modernize
That’s the biggest electric grid in the U.S. Google will also spend $3 billion to modernize two hydropower plants in Pennsylvania to help meet the region’s increasing power demand.
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Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 14 July 2025
This follows the King’s efforts to cut costs and modernize the institution.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 13 July 2025
Some 15,000 single-room occupancy units are demolished in Skid Row and 7,000 low-income Victorian homes are razed on Bunker Hill as civic leaders move to modernize downtown.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
The robots are part of a bigger innovation plan
These robots are part of a larger effort to modernize how the U.K. manages its aging water infrastructure.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
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Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 14 July 2025
This follows the King’s efforts to cut costs and modernize the institution.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 13 July 2025
Some 15,000 single-room occupancy units are demolished in Skid Row and 7,000 low-income Victorian homes are razed on Bunker Hill as civic leaders move to modernize downtown.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
The robots are part of a bigger innovation plan
These robots are part of a larger effort to modernize how the U.K. manages its aging water infrastructure.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernize
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In response, family offices are redesigning reward architecture.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The pockets have also been redesigned to be more accessible, and St. Pierre tells us that the new packs feel more luxurious and more durable.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
16 July 2025
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This story has been updated to include the cadet's age.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
27 July 2025
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Editor's Note: This story has been updated with comments from the Department of Homeland Security.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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For sellers, this streamlines the work of creating listings.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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In addition, both the Congress and the Administration have been rapidly ordering changes to streamline the requirements, budget and acquisition processes that underlie the historically long timeframes to deliver new warfighter capabilities.—
Michael Brown,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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This isn’t the first attempt at remaking the long-running series.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
26 July 2025
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The $575 million Elevate CVG project will remake the terminal by 2029.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
18 July 2025
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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