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up·dat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. updatingnoun

    the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)

    "criminal records need regular updating"

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  1. updating

    Updating refers to the act or process of making something more current, accurate, or improved by incorporating new information, changes, or advancements. It is often used in the context of modifying software, data, documents, or various systems to reflect the most recent data or version.

Editors Contribution

  1. updatingverb

    Verb form of the word update.

    The CEO updating the media gave a very positive and optimistic view of the current outlook.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of updating in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of updating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of updating in a Sentence

  1. Glen Nowak:

    Even now, it would help if The CDC talked about what they were thinking or what they were doing, if anything, with respect to updating their mask guidelines and recommendations.

  2. Monika Bickert:

    Over the last two years, more and more people have been using Facebook to discover products and to buy and sell things to one another, we are continuing to develop, test, and launch new products to make this experience even better for people and are updating our regulated goods policies to reflect this evolution.

  3. John Blakely:

    We’re going to be continually updating, adding some new things you can do with BB-8. I’m not at liberty to talk about that, but we are definitely working on those things right now.

  4. Dave Walton:

    It signals to me that trade is not a priority for the administration. If it was a priority for them, they'd have those trade positions filled and they'd be working on updating trade agreements with China and other countries.

  5. Effie Vasilopoulos:

    We are very busy updating risk disclosures across all types of China products at the moment, and we expect to stay busy on this until the end of the year, since the crisis, we have seen a general recalibration of China risk across the fund management industry, with regulatory risk now seen as much higher.

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