as in modification
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as in to redesign
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as in to reequip
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Recent Examples of refit
Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Central to the refit is the installation of 174 vertical launch tubes, giving the ship more missile capacity than any other surface combatant.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
There are lingering questions about how much financial sense the still-unsigned deal would make, given the costs of refitting the plane for presidential use and operating it over the long run — or even whether the plane could be ready for Mr. Trump to use before the end of his second term.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Noun
To keep a single ship on station, the Navy needs three ships—one on duty, one in training, and the other in refit.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Central to the refit is the installation of 174 vertical launch tubes, giving the ship more missile capacity than any other surface combatant.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Depending on what was left of it after any spyware removal, it might be scrapped, refitted or passed over entirely.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
There are lingering questions about how much financial sense the still-unsigned deal would make, given the costs of refitting the plane for presidential use and operating it over the long run — or even whether the plane could be ready for Mr. Trump to use before the end of his second term.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refit
Noun
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However, the school is looking to enforce some sort of modification.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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North, 12, was seen wearing fake body modifications alongside her friends, who were also wearing faux face tattoos, in several clips posted on her TikTok account shared with Kardashian, 45, last weekend.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The first areas to get Brudnizki’s Midas touch were the pool—now with jaunty red-orange umbrellas—the casual Splendido Grill adjacent to the pool, and the Baronessa Suite, which were redesigned in 2023.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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In surveys, more than half of companies expect to raise deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums, or otherwise redesign plans to temper the trend.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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The company will reequip its Amtrak Long Distance Network, considering ideas from as many as 10 manufacturers, according to Amtrak.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2023
Noun
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As the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, a housing-research nonprofit, has noted, the borough presidents lost most of their authority in the 1989 Charter revisions, but the changes would restore their ability to meaningfully advocate for projects.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2025
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Open rhinoplasty allows maximal visualization for complex tips, asymmetries, and revision cases.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It had recently been remodeled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Falstaff Tavern is remodeled to create the 225-seat Cassius Carter Centre Stage, a new in-the-round arena-style theater, adding a second stage to the Globe campus.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By the end of the movie, the roommates moved back into their old apartment, which had been refurnished and renovated by a new landlord.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Plans to refurnish the building began as far back as the 1990s but were repeatedly held up by funding issues.—
Jason Meisner,
chicagotribune.com,
16 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Saudi Arabia’s nine-year-old economic transformation plan, known as Vision 2030, is 85% complete, Minister Al-Falih said in opening remarks at the Fortune Global Forum.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Yamal was a crucial part of Hansi Flick’s remarkable transformation at Barca over 2024-2025, taking a team that finished on its haunches under Xavi to a domestic treble in a style that was very often electrifying.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Houston Astros will need to rework the starting rotation this winter to push farther into the playoffs especially with Framber Valdez's future with the organization in question.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Tillman spent the summer reworking his body and dialing in his shot.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Refit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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