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revolutionize

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nahyz] / ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnaɪz /


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The authors enthused that the partnership "showcased how innovative approaches, even involving unconventional collaborators, can revolutionize oceanographic research."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Salonen felt that, in his ongoing efforts to revolutionize the orchestra, it was time for change.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

She immersed herself in the movement to improve driving safety, and now the Hawthorne Democrat is writing controversial legislation that could revolutionize how auto insurance rates are set for many California drivers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Decades afterward, now the most famous writer in America, Twain remained so convinced that mechanized typesetting could revolutionize the industry that he lost a fortune investing in one fatally flawed invention.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The history of our past voyages of discovery suggests that Voyager and other spacecraft reconnaissance missions will revolutionize our knowledge of this place.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Maybe that’s the real magic of a tool like this: not that it revolutionizes your cooking, but that it makes the most ordinary meal feel new again.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2025

And, just like that, he revolutionizes the sport of shot put.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2024

This breakthrough method revolutionizes the estimation of gradients or derivatives of functions, a crucial step in many computational tasks.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2023

He believes he has now found it, with the help of a retired quarterback and a drone engineer, and hopes it revolutionizes the way hockey players at all levels train in the gym.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2022

It not only revolutionizes his abdomen, but unsettles his mind; tempts him to recant his belief in the eternal fitness of things; in short, almost makes an infidel of him.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville

"GLP-1-based medications have revolutionized the therapy of obesity. We now have a very effective pharmacotherapy for achieving significant weight loss," Petersen says.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

While Brooks served his life sentence, the criminal justice system was being revolutionized through the introduction of DNA evidence and, with it, proof that innocent people had been convicted.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

In his nearly three decades at Apple, Tim Cook completely revolutionized the company’s supply chain and guided the company through tariffs, pandemic shutdowns and other obstacles.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Erbstein revolutionized soccer in Italy before dying in 1949, along with the entire Torino team, when their plane crashed into a hilltop outside Turin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

The McDonald brothers’ Speedee Service System revolutionized the restaurant business.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

Brandon Silden donned video goggles and prepared to launch one of the Marines’ latest weapons: a small, one-way-attack drone that is revolutionizing modern warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Cue, who has been credited with revolutionizing Apple's services sector, was recognized this week as the Entertainment Person of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

With drones revolutionizing the battlefield in Ukraine, Iran and beyond, the U.S. is striving to dominate this latest evolution in military technology the way it has with previous wartime innovations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

"For all the talk about how AI is revolutionizing science, there are very few examples where something fundamentally new has been found directly by an AI system," Nemenman says.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2026

But Bertillonage was already being displaced by a more efficient method of identification that was revolutionizing the world of scientific detection: fingerprinting.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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