How to Use modernize in a Sentence

modernize

verb

• The school needs a building with modernized classrooms.
• The country recently announced plans to begin modernizing its army.
• Older companies will need to modernize quickly if they are to survive in today's economy.
• We're modernizing our kitchen with a new oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher.
• The queen demonstrated over her 70 years this ability to adapt and modernize.
  — Dan Balz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
• Leave it to too-cool Copenhagen label Ganni to modernize the classic clog with a few key details.
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Sep. 2022
• As proof of her desire to modernize both crown and country, Elizabeth’s coronation was televised.
  — Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022
• After a year of construction wrapped up this past winter, the property looks entirely untouched from the outside and is gently modernized from within.
  — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
• The $94 million project will modernize 90-year-old infrastructure, according to a news release from the state.
  — Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Fisher said the company will renovate the ski area's support buildings, modernize and update hotel rooms, and make other building improvements this fall.
  — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
• The design has been modernized, there's no more Home button, and the bezels around the screen are slim.
  — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
• The sharpest chapter is a crash course on how to predict the weather, a process Palmer helped to modernize.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2022
• Nannette Brown painted the brick firebox black to create depth and to modernize the space.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 6 Oct. 2022
• The logo has been modernized, and the Android mascot, called Bugdroid, has a fresh 3D look.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• There are a fair few ways to modernize your desk setup with new monitors or stands to make your desk the best spot in your house to work.
  — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
• An archival leather car coat was modernized with French plonge leather and lined in sumptuous camel hair.
  — Dan Q. Dao, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
• The money would help hire and train more agents, as well as modernize the IRS’s internal systems.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2023
• The change to a Black lead modernizes what has always been a uniformly white family in these types of movies.
  — Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
• The paper helped kick off a debate about how to limit the tech giants and how to modernize antitrust practices.
  — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• The grandstand will be modernized and made smaller for the smaller on-track crowds that horse racing has drawn in recent years.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• That’s why the city is working to modernize older office spaces and construct new ones with these goals in mind.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The paper helped kick off a debate about whether U.S. antitrust laws needed to be modernized to rein in tech giants.
  — David McCabe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The governor’s call for a 2024 ballot measure to modernize the state’s behavioral health system is the capstone of his State of the State tour.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• Obama seemed to see her wardrobe as part of an effort to modernize and expand the archetypes of American glamour.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Tran said that the scope of the project was to update all the interior finishes and modernize the home as much as possible.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• As monarchies modernize to survive, the royal families of Denmark, Norway, Spain and Japan all have made changes to meet the times.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• African Parks is trying to square modernizing the country with preserving the wildlife.
  — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
• But Kerala’s move to modernize doesn’t extend to every aspect of life.
  — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2024
• The money will be used to resurface roads, modernize the visitor center, and replace ski lifts.
  — Isabella Rosario, Outside Online, 30 Nov. 2022
• In the late 1970s, the growing success of the gay and lesbian rights movement prompted the religious right to repackage and modernize the child protection argument.
  — Marie-Amélie George / Made By History, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024