as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences
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This story has been updated with additional context and developments.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Learning rates control the increment size used to update various parts of a model's weights during fine-tuning.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Editor's note: This article and the headline have been updated with to reflect President Trump's comments.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Learning rates control the increment size used to update various parts of a model's weights during fine-tuning.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Editor's note: This article and the headline have been updated with to reflect President Trump's comments.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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In an interview with The New York Times, Sanchez explained her involvement in redesigning the space suit.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Aurora is moving forward with plans to redesign downtown’s Millennium Plaza to be more functional for everyday recreational activities but still accommodate small performances.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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The commission — spearheaded by tech billionaire and senior adviser Elon Musk — argued at the time that access was necessary to modernize its payment systems amid the president’s moves to overhaul the federal workforce and cut government spending.—
Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
12 Apr. 2025
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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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To meet the growing demand for nurses, Pennsylvania hospitals are partnering with colleges and universities to expand clinical training capacity, streamline pathways into nursing and develop innovative education models such as hybrid and accelerated programs.—
Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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From our review: In some ways, the movie suffers from an understandable impulse to streamline.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The work is in many ways a deconstruction and then remaking of all these films.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Remake Problem The news that NBC was remaking The Office was initially met with skepticism, both from fans of the BBC series and a general sense that remakes lost something in translation.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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