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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
Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
In Kansas City, voters on the Missouri side had the opportunity to keep the Chiefs in a modernized Arrowhead last April but rejected the 40-year extension of a tax similar to the 3/8-cent sales tax that has been used to fund both the football and baseball stadium complex.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
What was once a 1950s motel for roadtrippers along Colfax Avenue is about to become a modernized boutique hotel (opening March) where room colors are based around a theme.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
The agency recently launched a new, modernized phone system meant to address the long wait times.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
In June 2023, Fall Out Boy released a modernized cover of the song, picking up where the musician left off and filling the lyrics with references to events from the 1990s through the present day.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
By the late 1940s and early 1950s, the party redirected massive state resources toward reshaping folk music into a polished, modernized national symbol, staging folklore as proof of unity and continuity.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
That would include the installation of an elevator to ensure ADA compliance, upgraded security measures, and modernized climate control.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Last year, the county broke ground on a $37 million shelter in Santee, which will give staff and officers a new, modernized outpost to house animals and get dispatched to calls throughout the county.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025
Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
In addition to structural changes, the mansion’s living spaces have been modernized over time.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The fabric, which went out of production in 1991, has now been rechristened and modernized as one of three Knoll archival reissues introduced this fall.
—Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The 2003 reboot sought to retell the original story but modernized it for a new generation.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Des Cars said that renovation project may have created an illusion of momentum behind the museum being fully modernized.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said those East Wing offices will be temporarily relocated during construction and that wing of the building will be modernized and renovated.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said those East Wing offices will be temporarily relocated during construction and that wing of the building will be modernized and renovated.
—Darlene Superville, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
Today, the street has been thoroughly modernized, replaced by a gleaming forest of glass towers housing spacious condos with bird’s-eye views and sky-high prices.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
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This rustic buffet cabinet from The Pioneer Woman’s Walmart collection emulates this traditional furniture piece with a few modernized updates.
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Trotter said a major renovation that modernized the building included a central heating and cooling system powered by 30 vertical wells approximately 300 feet deep that are connected to high-efficiency heat pumps beneath the schoolyard parking area.
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This would also provide a historic opportunity to incorporate the rights of the Tribes into an updated Compact.—
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The updated charging modality allows for faster, more-efficient energy transfer (in this case, at up to 240 W), with communication between the charger and the battery meant to prevent issues such as overheating and thermal runaway that trigger fires.—
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The company redesigned the insole to focus on 10 different pain points, from knees, hips, and lower back, carefully providing support for continuous comfort.—
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New York City’s redesigned outdoor dining program is too expensive and too bureaucratic for many small, diverse, neighborhood establishments across the five boroughs to participate in.—
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Lurie streamlined housing approvals, re-organized and sped up city safety responses, launched an anti-homelessness campaign and won a 73 percent approval rating among local voters.—
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Next steps Segura has promised that the plans for the 12 schools starting turnarounds next year will be much more organized and streamlined since the district has more time to plan.—
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Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.—
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“Modernized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernized. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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