as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences
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This story has been updated with additional context and developments.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Learning rates control the increment size used to update various parts of a model's weights during fine-tuning.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Editor's note: This article and the headline have been updated with to reflect President Trump's comments.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Learning rates control the increment size used to update various parts of a model's weights during fine-tuning.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Editor's note: This article and the headline have been updated with to reflect President Trump's comments.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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The set was redesigned three times to fit the small space, Cunningham said.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Internal crossovers have been completely redesigned as well, and use 50 percent more components than before, with steep-slope filters increased from 18 dB to 30 dB, resulting in greater synergy and seamless blending between all three drivers.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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Executive coaching has become a powerful tool for leaders looking to modernize their approach, enhance efficiency and sharpen their competitiveness.—
Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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In other words, despite its seeming departure from Maine’s binary logic, the Second World was really a slice of the non-West that, contrary to expectations, embraced an explicitly secular and modernizing agenda: socialism.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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For private businesses, this approach can be applied to streamline recruitment while preserving diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.—
Karlo Tanjuakio,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Under Secretary Kennedy's vision for a more efficient HHS, these offices will be streamlined, and the work will continue.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Remake Problem The news that NBC was remaking The Office was initially met with skepticism, both from fans of the BBC series and a general sense that remakes lost something in translation.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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While some Republicans have cheered on his extreme methods, politicians and supporters of both parties have warned of the consequences of remaking the state in such a rapid, hard-line way.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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