Example Sentences

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If it’s not obvious by now, most Wikipedians in the updater camp prefer the word crash, while the archivists lean toward calling it a decline until there’s a broader historical consensus.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2025

The app, suitably called “Firmware updater for DualSense wireless controller,” can be downloaded here.

From The Verge • Apr. 20, 2022

Until this year, I thought of Gary Clark Jr. as an updater of the blues-guitar tradition whom everyone respected but whom only blues fetishists got excited about.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2019

Ms. Musgraves is perceived as a disrupter, but she winks less often than you might think — she is in thrall to tradition and an astute replicator and updater of it.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2016

A: Generally, this kind of problem happens if the updater is tripping over the version of your driver.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2016