modernize
verb (used with object)
to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize a kitchen.
modernizer
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a word derived from
modernize.
Example Sentences
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The crown prince holds himself out as a modernizer, enabling women’s rights.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
“Frank Jr. was the preeminent modernizer of The News & Observer,” said Ferrel Guillory, who worked at the paper for over 20 years as a politics reporter, editorial page editor and columnist.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
“As someone who sees himself as a young modernizer, he has a reformist side, which was the ‘early’ Abiy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2020
As a past secretary of state, Rokita began his career as a modernizer, helping the Indiana secretary of state’s office turn its paper records into electronic ones available to the public online.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
But they came commended by Boileau, their chief modernizer, and in their train was the fashion of gallant, epigrammatic and social verse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
