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"update" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often modernize (9 letters).
Definitions
A newer version or an act of bringing current.
Word origin
From up- + date. Earliest usages from 1940s (see Citations).
Used in a sentence
“I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.”
“He gave me an update on the situation in New York.”
“Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Refresh”6 letters
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