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After Friday’s shutdown of U.S. air traffic, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged Congress to spend $50 billion to modernize America’s air-traffic control system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

Duffy appealed for $50 billion in funds to upgrade and modernize the air traffic control system, and called for Congress, which controls the purse-strings of the US government, to "meet this moment."

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

I look at my job as not so much trying to modernize them, but rather remind the rest of the world that pearls have always been modern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

To offset the drop in productivity, mining companies have moved to expand and modernize their mines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

“When disaster strikes, families shouldn’t have to face a second disaster in the claims process. SB 876 modernizes laws that were written for a different era,” Padilla said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Supporters of Palantir’s work argue that it modernizes outdated government IT systems, bringing them closer to the kind of integrated analytics that are routine in the private sector.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2025

Poland, however, now spends 4% of its GDP on defense, making it the member to spend the most in percentage terms as it modernizes its military, while the U.S. is well above 3%.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

As Beijing modernizes its military, its formidable missile forces and other naval vessels, such as cutting-edge cruisers, are posing a concern for the U.S. and its allies.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

Mr Horne modernizes it into— "His uppermost short cloak was a bare thread."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

More than a century later, the vocabulary has modernized, but the underlying idea has barely budged.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Even though we’re definitely encouraged by the way California has modernized the tax incentive recently,” Bajaria said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The first DHC-515 -- the modernized version of the water bomber -- will go to Greece, Cote said, "in early 2028."

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The company plans to refresh its product mix with modernized packaging and update store experiences for easier shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

“After careful consideration, we have modernized, as per your suggestion,” the captain tells me, although there’s nothing modern about it.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The company said the partnership is aimed at modernizing its systems, processes and data, as the carrier steps up investment in technology and AI alongside the largest fleet renewal in its history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The concept of modernizing is not new when it comes to Cole’s, especially pertaining to the dip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“By modernizing and upgrading turbines, steam generators, and digital control systems at operating plants, uprates deliver substantial capacity gains without the multi-year timelines or interconnection bottlenecks associated with greenfield construction,” the blog post noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

At the time, the activist was pushing Six Flags to make a range of changes including improving its marketing and the experience at its parks and modernizing its technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

He was in his forties and had talked about modernizing law enforcement in the region.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson