Definition of retool
: to make especially minor changes or improvements
- retool for the future
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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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Among them is Nippon Boerhinger Ingelheim, which is eliminating 300 sales reps, while Shionogi is retooling its sales structure at home.
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The Rockets retooled this offseason with the veteran Chris Paul and other defensive pieces to compete with the Warriors, who are looking to take home their second straight title and third in four years.
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In that case, the gunman parked himself on the 32nd floor of a hotel near a country music concert and fired indiscriminately into the crowd with assault weapons — which were also retooled with bump stocks to mimic the firepower of machine guns.
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Varlotta said the only major that wouldn't be retooled to would be religious studies, which would be folded into general education.
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The Warren Truck Assembly plant currently builds the last-generation Ram 1500 pickup, but will soon be retooled to build Heavy Duty Ram pickups as the automaker shifts production of those trucks from Mexico.
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Additionally, former Goldbergs series regular AJ Michalka (Barry's ex-girlfriend Lainey) has joined the cast of the untitled spinoff, which has been retooled after original star Nia Long was no longer available.
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Trump's wide-ranging deregulatory agenda has prompted advocates from all corners to retool their legal strategy.
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Mi Chula's was supposed to be retooled as a different concept.
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First Known Use of retool
1917
RETOOL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of retool for English Language Learners
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: to change or replace the tools or machines in (a factory, workshop, etc.)
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: to make changes to (something) in order to improve it
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