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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