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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Gambino was revealed a few years ago but has been totally retooled with director Woo, star Cage, seller WME and new producers and financiers.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
These plants can be retooled and kept safe without massive new outlays that could put utilities or their ratepayers at financial risk.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow laid out those priorities to a small group of Red Sox reporters in a 30-minute session Monday in a fourth-floor suite at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as preliminary talks for the Red Sox retooling the roster are underway.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
After Bonet's departure, the series was retooled to focus on an ensemble of students attending the HBCU, with Guy and Hardison's Whitley and Dwayne at the center.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
These plants can be retooled and kept safe without massive new outlays that could put utilities or their ratepayers at financial risk.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow laid out those priorities to a small group of Red Sox reporters in a 30-minute session Monday in a fourth-floor suite at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as preliminary talks for the Red Sox retooling the roster are underway.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
After Bonet's departure, the series was retooled to focus on an ensemble of students attending the HBCU, with Guy and Hardison's Whitley and Dwayne at the center.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retool
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retool. Accessed 16 Nov. 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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