REFITTING Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

refitting

verb

present participle of refit

as in redesigning

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In practice, that mindset has meant redesigning incentive models, reallocating budget and building the measurement infrastructure needed to demonstrate commercial impact.

— Rosie Guest, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Future satellites could replace onboard processors with newer chips from different suppliers without redesigning the entire spacecraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of redesigning

Verb

DeLeo and her family were spending Saturday at home preparing for their nephew’s 4th birthday party, one day before they were supposed to drive to Uniontown for the funeral of their beloved aunt, when the alert about the fire came.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
An Alaska Airlines flight preparing to depart Miami International Airport for Seattle reported a disturbance involving threats from customers Sunday evening, according to air traffic control audio.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of preparing

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The teams who equipped a workforce instead of remodeling a house.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The Fox was taken over by a consortium of filmmakers led by Jason Reitman, who is working on remodeling the venue and has opened it to screenings this summer in advance of the remodeling as the Director’s Village.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026

Definition of remodeling

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Residents were busy fortifying their properties ahead of the peak of the weather event, as city officials positioned crews early to begin working on lining the shore with berms.

— Lesley Marin, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Paramount now must strengthen its case for a high-stakes trial while fortifying Paramount’s existing businesses and managing uncertainty among the employee base.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of fortifying

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Disney says no benefits are being cut because the unit organized in 2024 and the talks are setting first-contract terms rather than modifying an existing agreement.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
This matters because nephrology as a specialty has had very few genuinely disease-modifying options for diabetic kidney disease.

— Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of modifying

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New York — Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Playing a key role in that push is Qatar’s Ooredoo Group, which has been steadily transforming itself from a traditional telco into a digital infrastructure provider over the last three years.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of transforming

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When, in the wake of one of these life-altering events, everything must go, an estate sale is a way to sell off a large amount of furniture, decor, and art all at once.

— Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Climatologists and other water-supply experts say the current long-term drought is being exacerbated by climate change, which is altering how much water falls on the Rocky Mountains as snow before melting into the Colorado River.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of altering

Verb

If those three are clear, teams spend less time reworking pipelines and more time improving decisions.

— Jagadish Gokavarapu, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The redesign also tackled some of the home’s quirkier elements, including low ceilings and uneven floors, while reworking the layout for modern living.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 June 2026

Definition of reworking

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