modernize

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But they also helped modernize medicine by emphasizing the need for empirical evidence in preventing and treating diseases, and by encouraging healthy lifestyles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Across the country, data-center developers are helping finance new generation, modernize transmission and improve system reliability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The La Brea Tar Pits’ Page Museum will close in July for a two-year renovation that will modernize the building and make it more accessible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

IBM suffered its worst day in 25 years, compounded by Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude AI could modernize COBOL, the programming language holding IBM’s mainframe empire together.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara