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


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The executive order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change, effective immediately.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Pernod Ricard’s more downbeat sales guidance for the coming years tallies with Diageo’s own “prudent” sales-growth expectations, James Edwardes Jones at RBC Capital Markets wrote in a note following the update.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

In its second situation update posted on X, the Nepal Tourism Board gave a tally of 384 missing travellers, 291 of them non-Nepalis.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The latest update to U.S. gross domestic product, the official scorecard of the economy, showed no change in the second quarter rate of growth.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

She’d definitely see through the fairy magic enveloping me, and I have absolutely no plans to update her, so I let the phone ring.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Morgansaid earlier this week that the Wall Street bank expects the event to focus on an overview of the pipeline, including updates on next-generation weight-loss and diabetes drugs as well as general strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

For updates, visit the Orange County Birding forum.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

For space traffic management, autonomous navigation and onboard catalog updates could reduce dependence on ground-based tracking networks while improving collision avoidance.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

The company apologised for the delays in releasing official updates on the highly anticipated title, but vowed to "exceed" fans' expectations in a special preview airing on Netflix this week.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

You know how weird it is to hashtag yourself, to read posts and updates other people—most of whom you don’t even know—make about you?

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Thanks to a sensitive renovation, not only has the institution’s infrastructure been updated but its impressive modernist building and collection of antiquities and Islamic, Asian and European art shine anew.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

These connections can keep you updated on what’s going on in your industry and serve as resources once you do start applying for jobs again.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Rather than serving as "an impartial chronographic work," the researchers suggest it may instead have functioned as "a legitimizing canon of kings, which was periodically updated to remove short-lived or parallel Neo-Assyrian rulers."

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Introduced to ease prison overcrowding, on 4 August the policy was updated so people sentenced for rape, serious child sex offences and grooming would not be eligible for early release.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Mother has still not updated the hardware and keys of the house.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

In separate catalog updating tests, Starling also generated better onboard predictions of object positions than those supplied by ground stations.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

It is updating its regulations for cyber security, and working on a new energy resilience strategy for later this year.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Zelensky held a call with UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday, updating him on Russian strikes and the civilian casualties they have caused, the Ukrainian leader said on X.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Davies has made production changes to “Jeopardy!” over his tenure, updating the set and the game board.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

While he was updating the day’s events on the computer, the telephone rang.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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