modernize
verb (used with object)
to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize a kitchen.
have been modernizing
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present perfect progressiveof modernize.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In contrast, developing nations have been modernizing their institutions and markets, delivering growth rates in the past decade triple those of the West.
From Reuters ● Jan. 1, 2012
Holland, Belgium, West Germany have been modernizing Turkish forces at a spectacular rate, so that the equilibrium in short order will be undermined.
From Time Magazine Archive
