Thesaurus results for CONTEMPORIZING

contemporizing

verb

present participle of contemporize

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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At the time, purchasing teams spent an extraordinary amount of effort exchanging emails, updating spreadsheets and manually tracking order status.

— Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Popular shoes such as the Abzorb 2000, Abzorb 2010 and 9060 borrow cues from heritage designs while updating them with futuristic elements.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of updating

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Similarly, McKinsey's State of AI highlights that organizations generating the greatest value from AI are redesigning business processes and operating models—not simply deploying AI tools.

— Prajkta Waditwar, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Aircraft designers can potentially use higher energy density without completely redesigning their battery production process.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of redesigning

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Since all of these networks (and then some) are included in any of DirecTV’s signature packages — Entertainment, Choice, Ultimate and Premier — the service is a solid choice for those streamlining their subscriptions.

— Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026
That macro backdrop may also help explain why bitcoin has continued to rally even as enthusiasm has cooled for the the CLARITY Act, legislation aimed at streamlining the structure of the crypto market.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of streamlining

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It’s gotten there by largely avoiding the trap of remaking the original story, in which an astronaut (Heston) crash-lands on a mysterious world in which apes are the dominant species and humans are subjugated, nonverbal creatures.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
From Carlsbad to Malibu to Santa Cruz, erosion is already remaking the maps of popular beaches in dramatic ways.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of remaking

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