Example Sentences

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The U.S. has been modernizing its warheads with subcritical testing that produces zero nuclear yield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

While Ukraine has been modernizing its military, its state-owned defense industry continues to make weaponry modeled on Soviet-era designs, such as Kalashnikov assault rifles.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

His name is Erlendur Sveinsson, and he's a gloomy, introverted and thoroughly unhappy man who dislikes the way Iceland has been modernizing.

From Time Magazine Archive