was modernizing
- past progressive of modernize.
Example Sentences
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He added that even though the United States was modernizing its nuclear force, “this doesn’t mean, in my view, that they are ready to start this nuclear war tomorrow.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The victory is thought to have given Japan confidence as it was modernizing, coming out of centuries of isolation, and showed it could compete against the industrially advanced West.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
It was modernizing the pollution-emitting factories that had made it an industrial center during the Soviet era.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
The paper said that China was modernizing its military and growing its capabilities in a reflection of the nation’s economic might and growing leadership ambitions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
Bavaria at this time was modernizing her institutions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
