refitting

present participle of refit

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Ten women are participating in the inaugural program that will focus on redesigning the institution’s uniform for women.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Begin redesigning your organization now around human skills and phase out traditional hierarchies.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The program, which is estimated to initially cost the brand about $1 billion, involves remodeling more than 1,000 Starbucks locations in the US and Canada over the next year along with closing more than 400 in the last three months.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, Walmart laid off 155 employees in Charlotte after remodeling more than a dozen area stores as the company consolidated its corporate offices nationally.
    Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Such a review — with the prospect of modifying or eliminating the rules — is mandated by Congress every four years.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers at Seoul National University have improved the performance and stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries by modifying a single molecule in the electrolyte.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, the AI boom is transforming the economy.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Driscoll’s, the largest berry seller in the US, began working in the 1980s to make berries available year-round and more attractive in color, transforming them from a seasonal treat to a daily necessity.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Why on Earth, or any other planet, would the Mavericks farm out the debut of its franchise-altering player to a smaller arena 35 miles to the west of its home?
    Mac Engel October 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Goodall’s life-altering moment For Goodall, whose trailblazing work in the study and interaction with the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park just entered its 54th year, the moment was life-altering.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Broncos were without timeouts, so Nix was preparing to get in position to clock the ball and give Wil Lutz a field-goal attempt.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Virginia’s large population of federal workers is preparing for major disruption.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kinso, designed as an AI brain for conversations, calendars, and contacts, sets itself apart from competitors still reworking outdated platforms for the age of AI.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Businesses have attempted to limit the cost of tariffs from being passed on by rerouting supply chains, reworking operations, instituting hiring pauses, or administering large-scale layoffs.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once that decision is made, Posey and the rest of the Giants’ brass will shift its attention to fortifying their roster, generally, and their pitching depth, specifically.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All three have prompted an increase in security inquiries and interest in fortifying existing security, Kucera said, starting with executive clients and now from universities.
    Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Refitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refitting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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