modernize
verb (used with object)
to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize a kitchen.
was modernizing
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past progressiveof modernize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
But while the private sector was modernizing its data operations, state and local health departments were largely left with the same fax machines, spreadsheets, emails and phone calls to communicate.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
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
