as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the new owners of the old-line French restaurant plan to contemporize the menu and make the place seem less intimidating
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Recent Examples of contemporize
Anne Hathaway — The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Anne Hathaway's take on Selina Kyle is a textbook example of contemporizing a timely character, which was emblematic of what Christopher Nolan did with the Dark Knight trilogy.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
There was a real opportunity here to contemporize the story by factoring climate change into the increasing frequency of violent storms tearing up America’s Tornado Alley.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
The museum has further aimed to contemporize its collection through digital access and social media, the demands of which have accelerated museums’ public-facing duties over the past few decades.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Some 20 years later, the character was drolly contemporized as Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand), who may not have made her son into a mobster but, far worse, made him into the kind of mobster who needed therapy.
—Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Standing on a floating dock in New London by a replica of the ship Amistad, which was used to bring enslaved people to this country, community activist Sara Chaney only needed 29 words Friday to contemporize the history of slavery.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
Revivals which have tried to contemporize the setting or downplay the AIDS content have generally not been well received.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2021
Yes, the Old Globe’s ever-surprising, at times wildly contemporized new staging of the great tragedy makes room for a rock band led by that other British bard of romantic lamentation.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
Various new pieces were purchased with proceeds from last year’s auction of seven works by 20th-century artists, including Andy Warhol, to help diversify and contemporize its collection.
—USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
There was a real opportunity here to contemporize the story by factoring climate change into the increasing frequency of violent storms tearing up America’s Tornado Alley.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
The museum has further aimed to contemporize its collection through digital access and social media, the demands of which have accelerated museums’ public-facing duties over the past few decades.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Some 20 years later, the character was drolly contemporized as Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand), who may not have made her son into a mobster but, far worse, made him into the kind of mobster who needed therapy.
—Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Standing on a floating dock in New London by a replica of the ship Amistad, which was used to bring enslaved people to this country, community activist Sara Chaney only needed 29 words Friday to contemporize the history of slavery.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
Revivals which have tried to contemporize the setting or downplay the AIDS content have generally not been well received.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2021
Yes, the Old Globe’s ever-surprising, at times wildly contemporized new staging of the great tragedy makes room for a rock band led by that other British bard of romantic lamentation.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
Various new pieces were purchased with proceeds from last year’s auction of seven works by 20th-century artists, including Andy Warhol, to help diversify and contemporize its collection.
—USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporize
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Millennial parents will especially love their child's affinity for this adorable blast from the past that's been redesigned to capture the hearts of a new generation.Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, some new or fully redesigned vehicles may not have yet been put through their paces; ratings are updated on an ongoing basis.Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Real-world impact Fed up with the stonewalling, state and federal agencies have sued San Francisco in hopes of forcing the city to modernize its wastewater system.Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even Burgess acknowledges how badly the state needed to modernize its voter registration system.Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
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Results will be updated regularly until the counting is complete.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include comment from Microsoft.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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The series streamlines much of the larger historical context and can feel claustrophobic as a result — in excluding a full picture of what British occupation materially meant in the day-to-day of West Belfast, the series fails to communicate the scale of what this history means to the region.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sensei announced a plan to reduce operating expenses and streamline operations by closing its Rockville, Maryland research site and reducing its workforce by approximately 46%.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Neptune is a world that’s constantly remaking itself and enthralling its observers.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Robert Zemeckis, the director and co-creator of Back to the Future, is shutting down the idea of remaking or creating a sequel to the franchise.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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