modernization
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Many of those projects were already stalled or under review, including developments intended to draw tourists and showcase the kingdom’s modernization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
McDonald’s says its early tests have topped 90% accuracy, with plans to expand the technology as part of a sweeping modernization initiative.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
At the same time, the school district has proceeded full force into its ongoing school reconstruction and modernization program, which voters buttressed in November 2024 with $9 billion in bonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
India is home to one-sixth of humanity, breakneck modernization and the world’s most ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse population, so some degree of social friction is unavoidable, however tragic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was then that he thought of the decisive step, not only for the modernization of his business but to link the town with the rest of the world.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Second, it's important to make sure that modernizations, like the ones implemented during the pandemic, get passed and remain in place.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024
Scott says that these modernizations are the industry’s prime directive.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2023
Announced last week, the latest modernizations to ALMA—officially the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, which sits high in the Chilean Andes—will cost $37 million and take 6 years to complete.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023
The three that haven’t received full modernizations, including Johnson, are all east of the Anacostia River.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Clever modernizations of old Colonial manses, extensions in Victorian wood, capacious Greek Revival temples lined the street, as impressive and just as forbid ding as ever.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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