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modernization

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[mod-er-nahy-zey-shuhn]

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noun

the act or process of making or becoming up-to-date, or the state of being up-to-date or modern.
Los Angeles is investing billions in the first major modernization at LAX since the 1984 Olympics.

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Other Word Forms

antimodernization noun
overmodernization noun
remodernization noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of modernization¹

moderniz(e) ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )

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Furthermore, Trump’s freeze on disbursement of funds from Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act encompassed modernization projects at airports nationwide.

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Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors, said the governor’s approach makes sense to address costly delays and upgrade essential infrastructure that is “in dire need of modernization.”

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The school is undergoing modernization with planned baseball and softball fields scheduled to be completed by the end of 2028.

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Even into the 1980s, sweeping villagization reforms in Tanzania and Ethiopia were zealously undertaken with an ideological goal of modernization and efficiency, leading to similarly bloody consequences.

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It didn’t take long for the Los Angeles Unified School District to plan for drawing down a huge chunk of $9 billion in school construction and modernization bonds that voters approved in November.

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