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as in redesigned
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 modernized
Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
For dinner, it’s modernized with lemon butter, white wine and capers, plus sautéed kale from Crum’s Heirlooms, a family farm in Bonner Springs, and mashed potatoes grown at Thane Palmberg Farm, a vegetable patch near De Soto.
—Alison Booth, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
The new designs are the last changes for the aviation industry more than 100 years after a set of siblings modernized air travel.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The rural land has hardly been touched or modernized since the Federation established the grounds as a camp in 1954.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Additionally, more than 150 signals will be upgraded and modernized, and the Traffic Management Center will be updated to accommodate those changes.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Here, the color modernized this cozy saltbox-style cabin in Florence, Alabama, the renovation of which homeowners EJ and Whit Brown tackled themselves.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Sadly, some DMVs are not yet modernized.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
The Mělník power plant outside of Prague was modernized in 2016 to comply with EU standards, leading to a 50% reduction in pollution levels.
—Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
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For instance, the grammar and translation method has been modernized to help students grasp complex concepts like abstract words, idioms and metaphors.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
For dinner, it’s modernized with lemon butter, white wine and capers, plus sautéed kale from Crum’s Heirlooms, a family farm in Bonner Springs, and mashed potatoes grown at Thane Palmberg Farm, a vegetable patch near De Soto.
—Alison Booth, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
The new designs are the last changes for the aviation industry more than 100 years after a set of siblings modernized air travel.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The rural land has hardly been touched or modernized since the Federation established the grounds as a camp in 1954.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Additionally, more than 150 signals will be upgraded and modernized, and the Traffic Management Center will be updated to accommodate those changes.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Here, the color modernized this cozy saltbox-style cabin in Florence, Alabama, the renovation of which homeowners EJ and Whit Brown tackled themselves.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Sadly, some DMVs are not yet modernized.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
The Mělník power plant outside of Prague was modernized in 2016 to comply with EU standards, leading to a 50% reduction in pollution levels.
—Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Modernized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernized. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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