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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

“Do not underestimate the power of this technology. There will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

I went back to Pop’s to tell Elizabeth and Bertrand that Francis and I had probably beaten Pauling to the gate and that the answer would revolutionize biology.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

Their solution: Negotiate a settlement with the plaintiffs that revolutionizes college sports by requiring the major football-playing schools to share roughly $20 million annually with athletes.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

This breakthrough method revolutionizes the estimation of gradients or derivatives of functions, a crucial step in many computational tasks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

This is one of those Big Science Moments, the kind that revolutionizes a field and galvanizes the public.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2022

Bah! the mere existence of such creatures revolutionizes Darwin's theory—argues the survival of the unfittest.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann

With all the changes from AI, "the computer has to be revolutionized," Huang said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

"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

In his nearly three decades at Apple, Tim Cook completely revolutionized the company’s supply chain and guided the company through tariffs, pandemic shutdowns and other obstacles.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Erbstein revolutionized soccer in Italy before dying in 1949, along with the entire Torino team, when their plane crashed into a hilltop outside Turin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

They were responsible for social changes that not only revolutionized life in America when they took place but are very much with us today.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

ChatGPT-style AI is revolutionizing the world of high-level math by quickly solving famous, long-unsolved problems that stumped experts for decades.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

They demand proof before they are willing to accept elementary facts, much less claims about novel breakthroughs, and many of them have been skeptical about AI revolutionizing their industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 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

By that time, carbon dating was already revolutionizing archaeology.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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