as in updating
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the new owners of the old-line French restaurant plan to contemporize the menu and make the place seem less intimidating
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It is recommended to proactively monitor your cash flow, continually updating cash flow projections for six to eight weeks out.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024 -
In recent weeks during the lame duck session, the Michigan Senate has passed bills expanding birth control access, banning ghost guns and bump stocks for firearms, updating training standards and practices for police agencies in Michigan and more.—
Arpan Lobo,
Detroit Free Press,
20 Dec. 2024
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After wildfires destroyed swaths of Los Angeles in January, the House of Representatives passed legislation that aimed at beefing up fire prediction and suppression capabilities and modernizing building codes in risk-prone areas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
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Among all critical components that companies should consider modernizing, application servers (and the applications running on them) should be one of, if not the first, to be updated as part of 2025’s cybersecurity projects.—
Steve Millidge,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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As of 2024, nearly two-thirds of organizations are using gen AI for tasks like automating customer service, analyzing data and streamlining operations — double the adoption rate from 2023, according to a global survey by consulting firm McKinsey.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2024
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Virginia State University won an NSF GRANTED award to enhance its research infrastructure, including streamlining administrative procedures and fortifying a strategic plan to enhance research policies and systems upgrades.—
Shalin Jyotishi,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Beginning with The Jungle Book (1994) and 101 Dalmatians (1996), the studio has been remaking iconic cartoons into live-action adaptations, with plans for a few more in the works.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
15 Dec. 2024
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The Experience Gap Artificial intelligence is remaking the world of work, especially changing how the mundane, repetitive tasks done by entry-level workers are performed.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Contemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporizing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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