modernize
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Across the country, data-center developers are helping finance new generation, modernize transmission and improve system reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The La Brea Tar Pits’ Page Museum will close in July for a two-year renovation that will modernize the building and make it more accessible.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
He accompanied the push with reforms meant to modernize Saudi society, defanging religious police and ending a ban on female drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
IBM suffered its worst day in 25 years, compounded by Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude AI could modernize COBOL, the programming language holding IBM’s mainframe empire together.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 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
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