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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Sheikh Hamad, viewed as the modernizer of Qatar during his 18 years as ruler, further delighted the crowd by autographing an official World Cup shirt handed to him by his son.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
He was a genuine modernizer who built cities, factories and universities and took land away from aristocrats to give to peasants.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2021
“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
Nothing of this is found in the Italian,—and history fails of her dues at the hands of this tender-conscienced modernizer of Benvenuto.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
