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modernization

[mod-er-nahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌmɒd ər naɪˈzeɪ ʃən /




NOUN
state-of-the-art
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At the same time, the school district has proceeded full force into its ongoing school reconstruction and modernization program, which voters buttressed in November 2024 with $9 billion in bonds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“At the direction of the president, the nation’s nuclear enterprise is undergoing massive modernization efforts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He said the extended deployments risk wearing out troops, delaying maintenance and hampering longer-term modernization efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Momentum should sustain ahead, driven by infrastructure modernization and expanding enterprise AI adoption.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

It was then that he thought of the decisive step, not only for the modernization of his business but to link the town with the rest of the world.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Second, it's important to make sure that modernizations, like the ones implemented during the pandemic, get passed and remain in place.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024

Projections call for about $5 billion for “major modernizations, upgrades and reconfigurations to school campuses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

Scott says that these modernizations are the industry’s prime directive.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2023

Announced last week, the latest modernizations to ALMA—officially the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, which sits high in the Chilean Andes—will cost $37 million and take 6 years to complete.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023

Clever modernizations of old Colonial manses, extensions in Victorian wood, capacious Greek Revival temples lined the street, as impressive and just as forbid ding as ever.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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