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
When Emperor Meiji the Great modernized the Japanese Empire at the turn of the 20th century, the household instituted strict agnatic primogeniture to mimic contemporary arrangements among Europe’s royal families.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Robert Talbott reemerged in the spring of 2023 with a collection rooted in the past but modernized to appeal to today’s customer.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 June 2025
Merz recently vowed to make Germany’s army the strongest in Europe, but in order to meet that pledge, he will be required to spend huge sums of money to modernize, train and equip soldiers.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Today, Washington sees the efforts underway in Philadelphia to revitalize Philly Shipyard and hire more Philadelphians in the shipbuilding industry as a cornerstone of the effort to resurrect U.S. commercial shipping, expand and modernize the U.S. Navy, and reindustrialize the United States.
—Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Robert Talbott reemerged in the spring of 2023 with a collection rooted in the past but modernized to appeal to today’s customer.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 June 2025
Merz recently vowed to make Germany’s army the strongest in Europe, but in order to meet that pledge, he will be required to spend huge sums of money to modernize, train and equip soldiers.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Today, Washington sees the efforts underway in Philadelphia to revitalize Philly Shipyard and hire more Philadelphians in the shipbuilding industry as a cornerstone of the effort to resurrect U.S. commercial shipping, expand and modernize the U.S. Navy, and reindustrialize the United States.
—Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernize
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Lasting change will require curbing PBM influence and redesigning incentives to reward value and competition.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The neutral density filter remains, and while the outside appears to have been redesigned, with slightly different buttons, the basic silhouette is the same.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
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However, given the scale of the task of updating the German armed forces the allocation of money may be prioritized elsewhere.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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This article has been updated with additional information.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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Read on to learn how focused digital tools can streamline the work of highly specialized companies and roles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Besides carve-outs for individual projects in recent years, lawmakers have passed CEQA streamlining for certain kinds of housing and other developments.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The overwhelming impression Cummings gave was that politicians were the useful idiots who should give him the runway to remake the state.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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Nationwide injunctions have emerged as an important check on Trump’s efforts to remake the government and a source of mounting frustration to the Republican president and his allies.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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