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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Recent Examples of update
Renee Cusano and her husband updated their 1931 Tudor-style house to maximize style on a limited budget.
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Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2025
Campo had been updated this year with LED lights and new holiday themes.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
Numbers will be updated Sunday morning, along with a full top 10 and specialty box office report.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Editor's note: This story was updated at 2:45 a.m. ET on Jan. 15 with news of successful deployment of Blue Ghost and Resilience.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2025
Campo had been updated this year with LED lights and new holiday themes.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
Numbers will be updated Sunday morning, along with a full top 10 and specialty box office report.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Editor's note: This story was updated at 2:45 a.m. ET on Jan. 15 with news of successful deployment of Blue Ghost and Resilience.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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It's been redesigned to speak more naturally, and it's been given the ability to understand context within conversations.—
Brenda Stolyar,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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For 2025, the VW Tiguan, which has been the company’s top selling model since it was redesigned in 2018 to align with the Atlas, serves as a pinnacle of all those ideas and then, takes them a step further with true luxury features and an even more elevated, refined style inside and out.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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So Martinez and her husband hunkered down for six hours in the ferry parking lot, waiting for the storm to pass while hashing out a plan to sell their 1920s home in California, move across the country with their two daughters, and modernize the 1807 house before the next school year—no small feat.—
Jennifer Fernandez,
Architectural Digest,
20 Jan. 2025
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The massive Gateway project is ultimately meant to double rail capacity across the New Jersey Meadowlands and into New York Penn Station while modernizing and expanding an aging section of the Northeast Corridor rail line.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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For instance, Pearson’s Skills Outlook: Reclaim the Clock predicts that by 2026, automation could save educators 665,000 hours per week in the UK alone, primarily by streamlining tasks like lesson planning and maintaining current knowledge.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Accelerating clinical evidence model: Focused on expediting the availability of effective treatments by streamlining the evidence-gathering process for new drugs.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The shift in wealth from older to younger generation is remaking wealth management, luxury goods and especially the auction and collectible markets.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump’s flurry of first-day executive orders aimed at remaking American government in his image may have Americans’ heads spinning, but one stands out from the rest for its sheer audacity.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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