retool
verb
re·tool
(ˌ)rē-ˈtül 
retooled; retooling; retools
: to make especially minor changes or improvements
retool for the future
Examples of retool in a Sentence
The factory has been retooled.
The company is retooling its sales strategies.
The company is retooling for the future.
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Given all the repairs and retooling required, the bye comes at a good time.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For example, someone who feels directed toward teaching can use the epiphany to ditch their first career and retool to be an educator.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
On June 2, 1944, Vultee produced its last Vengeance dive-bomber, before the plant was retooled to manufacture P-38 fighters.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The Cinema Europa theater – known for hosting the first ever public film screening in Italy, Filoteo Alberini’s La Presa di Roma –was closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but will be refurbished and retooled as a space for film culture, education and research.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For example, someone who feels directed toward teaching can use the epiphany to ditch their first career and retool to be an educator.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
On June 2, 1944, Vultee produced its last Vengeance dive-bomber, before the plant was retooled to manufacture P-38 fighters.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The Cinema Europa theater – known for hosting the first ever public film screening in Italy, Filoteo Alberini’s La Presa di Roma –was closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but will be refurbished and retooled as a space for film culture, education and research.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retool. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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retool
verb
re·tool
(ˈ)rē-ˈtül
1
: to equip again with new or different tools
retool a factory
2
: to make changes or improvements to
retool that idea
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