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


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The last update showed a photo of a sword.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

I waited a year for Tesla to send me a 2026 Model Y—the so-called Juniper update to its global bestseller.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Using money from Natural England and the Crown Estate, the Royal Entomological Society is working with other groups to update conservation guidance for grassland sites in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire to study our changing climate.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In some instances, a preliminary update like the one this week is far more promising than what the actual clinical data show.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Which means I had to update every single one of my daydreams to reflect this.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

In the coming days, Blume will meet with employees at Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg and sites in Zwickau and Emden to give updates on the company's plans.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

This is how drugmakers often roll out clinical trial updates.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

In practice, this means that Harp has an out-sized ability to control what information or updates Trump receives, according to another source familiar with White House operations.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Now, with AI summaries and LLMs, Baden and her colleagues have to be creative with how they write updates to this map to ensure LLMs aggregate the information accurately.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Araminta arrived first, straight from the train station, holding two phones, checking for updates on both.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

The president and his son Eric Trump, who runs the Trump Organization, have been involved and updated on the project’s progress, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Walmart’s updated earnings forecast for the fiscal year also underwhelms Wall Street.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Using the new tools, the team obtained an updated melting temperature that matched computer simulations almost perfectly, resolving a disagreement that had persisted for roughly two decades.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

If the seventh man she meets she prefers to everyone except her favorite, her updated ranking would become: 4 617 3 5 2.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

"We will be replacing parts, updating technology and testing them to see that they can lift at full capacity."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

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

And, like Brugman bringing in the ruby laser ranger and Voight adding his knowledge of landslides, the CVO is constantly updating their tools and developing new ones.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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