Thesaurus results for CONTEMPORIZED

contemporized

verb

past tense of contemporize

as in redesigned

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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Recent Examples of contemporized When Aretha Franklin’s career stalled in later years, Davis contemporized her style. — Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 22 June 2026 Bestselling classic Banana styles of the past are being reimagined and contemporized. — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026 Anderson has contemporized the timeline, situating us in our dismayingly recognizable era of fascist creep and following a sadly less recognizable underground effort to stop it. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025 At the 151-room W Budapest, a Neo-Renaissance building from 1886 once home to the Hungarian State Ballet Academy, lavish details like tiles and arches were preserved, yet are contemporized with such elements as sleek bronze cladding. — Alia Akkam, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2024

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Maglut has redesigned that principle for rare earth processing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
For years the company has rewritten its own rules, redesigned its products, and even bent to the demands of dictators to preserve market access.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of redesigned

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While the inside of the building, built circa 1878, has been modernized, the front exterior’s brick facade and front porch have been largely preserved.

— Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Over two centuries of American market evolution produced a system that reaches every corner of the global economy, built on disclosure, modernized by technology, and sustained by the confidence of investors worldwide.

— Cromwell Coulson, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of modernized

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The company has streamlined its operations through cost cuts and asset sales, while stepping up share repurchases.

— Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
And while von Furstenberg gravitated to something more minimalist and streamlined for her look, there’s plenty of options out there for the more flamboyant sun-seekers, too.

— Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of streamlined

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In Sunny Isles Beach, another town that’s been remade by major development projects, the Bentley Residences tower is expected to be completed this year.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025

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