verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
modernize/reform a system
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We need to reform the electoral system.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any money raised will be used to modernize classrooms.
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It was an old farmhouse that had been modernized by the previous owner.
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Our aim was to modernize the health service, and we succeeded.
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Salinas pledged to modernize Mexico when he was elected.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A serious delay in modernizing the complex could threaten that compromise.
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And why is modernizing motherhood so hard?
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Mr Wilson had also said a good deal about modernizing the machinery of government.
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Rather, O Brother is filled with faithful if somewhat modernized renditions of the folky music of the Old South.
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Their town house had been sold, lingeringly, with rearguard modernizing actions to keep up its price.
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This was an important step towards a national health service, though in practice few authorities did much to modernize their facilities.