The phrase "as he updated a" is grammatically correct but incomplete, making it less usable in written English without additional context.
You can use it when describing an action that someone is performing while simultaneously updating something, but it needs to be followed by more information to clarify what is being updated.
Example: "As he updated a report, he noticed several discrepancies in the data."
Alternatives: "while he revised a" or "as he modified a".
In 1973, as editor of the magazine The Humanist, Professor Kurtz drafted what came to be known as Humanist Manifesto II, in which he updated a 1933 document by addressing issues that the earlier document, which was largely a critique of theism, had failed to touch on, among them nuclear arms, population control, racism and sexism.
"How much?" Dr. Michael E. Busha, a primary care physician at IU Health in Indianapolis, asked quietly as he updated Mr. Johnson's electronic record.
All I have is the back-and-forth between one officer and a dispatcher as he updates her on what's happening on the scene, their crackling voices coming through the police scanner and bouncing around the small room I'm confined to for eight hours a day, two or three times a week.
Many colleges have made applying as simple as updating a Facebook page.
Two years later, he updated Palestinians as The Palestinian People: a History, to incorporate the effect of the Oslo agreement and the dilemmas facing Israel's Arab citizens.
Compare the 2014 list with the previous one**, however, and you might instead see the monthly magazine as a flighty, hormone-driven teenager, nonchalantly switching fads, friends and tribes as he or she updates a Facebook or Instagram list of favourite things.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama hinted at possible plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison through executive action as he signed an updated national defense authorization bill on Wednesday.
This revised edition includes a new introduction and two new chapters, as well as updated bibliography.
Liftopia also provides information on the resorts themselves, as well as updated reports on snow conditions.
This high-definition remaster of both games includes rearranged sound as well as updated graphics.
