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revolutionize

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nahyz] / ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnaɪz /


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Humanoid robots have the potential to revolutionize life as we know it, and robotics startups across the globe are trying to bring them to market as soon as possible.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

That all makes a whole lot of sense when you remember that Netflix stumbled into the moviemaking business by nature of trying to revolutionize the movie-renting business.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The authors enthused that the partnership "showcased how innovative approaches, even involving unconventional collaborators, can revolutionize oceanographic research."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Salonen felt that, in his ongoing efforts to revolutionize the orchestra, it was time for change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Someday antibiotics will revolutionize treatment of this illness, but that is still decades away.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"This research revolutionizes our understanding of the jugal bone in snake and non-snake lizards," said Michael Caldwell, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and a co-author on the study.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026

Maybe that’s the real magic of a tool like this: not that it revolutionizes your cooking, but that it makes the most ordinary meal feel new again.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025

And, just like that, he revolutionizes the sport of shot put.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

The same model they used in Georgia revolutionizes presidential campaigning, with Rosalynn as Jimmy’s top surrogate.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

This is only one of the many bearings which Darwin's theory has upon the study of social problems; but it is evident even from this that it revolutionizes sociology.

From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood

"GLP-1-based medications have revolutionized the therapy of obesity. We now have a very effective pharmacotherapy for achieving significant weight loss," Petersen says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

While Brooks served his life sentence, the criminal justice system was being revolutionized through the introduction of DNA evidence and, with it, proof that innocent people had been convicted.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

PD-1 drugs like Keytruda revolutionized cancer care by unleashing the immune system rather than poisoning tumors with chemotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Founded in 2002 in El Segundo, SpaceX has revolutionized the aerospace industy by developing the reusable Falcon 9 rocket that has radically lowered launch costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

An equally remarkable consequence of relativity is the way it has revolutionized our ideas of space and time.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

For the home cooks: OXO is best known for revolutionizing the salad spinner, but it has also redesigned the garlic press, the can opener, the vegetable peeler … the list goes on.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Inventor James Dyson is known for revolutionizing vacuum cleaners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Cue, who has been credited with revolutionizing Apple's services sector, was recognized this week as the Entertainment Person of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Ted Turner created CNN in 1980, revolutionizing the way America, and the world, got their news, and then went on to become one of the most prominent business leaders and philanthropists of his era.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

But Bertillonage was already being displaced by a more efficient method of identification that was revolutionizing the world of scientific detection: fingerprinting.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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