upgrade

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Goodman said one of the reasons for the upgrade was the plant was not meeting water quality standards for the water it released back into the Carp River.

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  1. transitive verb To raise to a higher grade or standard: upgrading their military defenses.
  2. transitive verb To improve the quality of (livestock) by selective breeding for desired characteristics.
  3. transitive verb Computer Science To replace (a software program) with a more recently released, enhanced version.
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  • The first area slated for the upgrade is the Southeast 36th Avenue corridor, from 31st Street to Fort King Street, he said. —  news | OS | http://www.ocala.com
  • But the most innovative feature in the upgrade is a new battery that Apple claims will last up to eight hours on a single charge and can be recharged up to 1,000 times, which means up to a five-year lifespan. —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
  • A second highlight of this upgrade is the addition of built-in parallelism. —  Macworld UK News
  • Although it has taken me awhile to find everything I used before at their site, I think you'll agree with me that the upgrade is an improvement. finally, the addition of two NEEDED and easy to access RSS Feeds embedded within their front page (Now it's up to us to get everyone to know how to use them!): —  Music, Technology and Education: Mustech.net
  • Another upgrade is a "smart help" feature that picks up sound problems and helps users fix them during calls. —  ChannelWeb Complete Feed
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