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update

[uhp-deyt, uhp-deyt, uhp-deyt] / ʌpˈdeɪt, ˈʌpˌdeɪt, ˈʌpˌdeɪt /


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“Every successive update we would get from her was just unbelievably surreal,” said Josh Augustin, who plays drums and keys and does production for the band.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Reaction across online forums has highlighted a divide among users about whether the update will get more people using Bumble - or if it makes it "just like any other dating app".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Locate the policy, confirm it is active, notify the insurer, update the named insured and check those vacancy rules, it adds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

As The Guardian put it, “people failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.”

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Apparently, he had to go update his blog.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

The software allows businesses to make updates more easily, and Chatterjee is intrigued by its financial potential over the long term.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Voice of legendary play-by-play announcer, re-created using artificial intelligence, will provide daily Olympic updates for NBCUniversal’s Peacock.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

On Friday evening, Thompson had been giving updates on the rapidly-spreading fire from the emergency operations centre.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Now Burnham checks social media before international flights hoping for menu updates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“You had one job! I was simply asking for updates on that job!”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

On Wednesday evening, the Santa Paula rescue center updated its Facebook page to mourn the death of Bruce.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

On Monday, Meta also announced a new model called Glimmer, which it developed in part from Muse Spark, a closed-source model it announced in April and updated last week.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Furthermore, Super Micro reported an adjusted gross margin of 17.6% for the June quarter, which was above even the updated guidance range it gave last month for between 15% and 17%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“The behaviors we monitor include eating bamboo, locomotion, drinking, resting, sitting, exercise, investigating their surroundings, and scratching. The protocols are constantly being updated as the research progresses.”

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

We are also updating his estate-planning documents, and he plans to name my niece as his primary financial and healthcare agent, with her mother and me as backups.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

She had originally announced two suspects had been taken into custody before updating her statement later on Sunday evening.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

During her three-year tenure, Masino tried to refresh the family-dining chain’s brand with initiatives that included updating the logo, menu and decor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Health officials are encouraging parents to plan now for updating their kids’ vaccines, with the new school year only a few weeks away.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

He was updating the third edition of a Dictionary of Biology for a small publishing house.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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