as in to transform
to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)
The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel. This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment. This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works.
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Recent Examples of revolutionize
View 1 Images In a bid to revolutionize Alzheimer’s detection, scientists have examined the brain’s neurovascular unit.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
Developed by a Chinese technology firm, the app promises to revolutionize global communications by offering innovative functionalities that rival existing AI infrastructures.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
Cryptocurrency has revolutionized the financial landscape, offering a decentralized way to buy, sell and invest.
—Roxanne Doss, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Smartphones have revolutionized the airport experience.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
Developed by a Chinese technology firm, the app promises to revolutionize global communications by offering innovative functionalities that rival existing AI infrastructures.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
Cryptocurrency has revolutionized the financial landscape, offering a decentralized way to buy, sell and invest.
—Roxanne Doss, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Smartphones have revolutionized the airport experience.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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In 2017, Fort Worth ISD transformed five chronically underperforming campuses —Mitchell Boulevard, Como, John T. White, and Maude I. Logan elementary schools and Forest Oak Middle School — into leadership academies as part of a $5.5 million effort to boost academic performance at those schools.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Pride Promenade will transform tiny Pride Plaza and unusually wide Normal Street into a large linear park spanning from University Avenue to Lincoln Street.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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The latter type of metamorphosis creates issues that can’t be easily altered, for instance, shortening a now too-long coat that no longer drapes over a gut.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2025
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But researchers are still trying to understand exactly how the fungus alters and affects the brains of spiders to control them.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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As first reported by Axios and confirmed by Variety, Disney is changing the disclaimer that autoplays before these titles.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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People change, victims and their families’ attitudes change, public attitudes change, and yet sentences remain static, set in stone.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Revolutionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolutionize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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