retool

verb

Definition of retoolnext
as in to rejigger

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Recent Examples of retool Client travel funds dried up during the 2008 financial crisis, and of course many advisors were forced to either close, sell or retool their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Politicians on both sides of the aisle will have to retool their approaches accordingly. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 June 2026 Add in the transfer-portal impact, in which colleges can retool and restock without even signing prep prospects — and landing a full ride has never been more of a daunting task. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 Fuqua thus had to retool his entire movie, which had significantly focused on Jackson’s allegations prior to the shakeup. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for retool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
  1. rejigger
  2. transform
  3. exchange
  4. revolutionize
  5. commute
  6. transfigure
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  • Companies take time to rejigger their workflows and update their systems.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • States now have a freer hand to rejigger boundaries of voting districts at all levels of government.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of rejigger
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  • Insilico is showing how companies can move from an impressive AI proof of concept to the infrastructure, platforms and business models needed to transform an entire industry.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In time—if the proof is found, if biological intelligence is discovered in the void—we may all be transformed the same way.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of transform
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  • With no protection, Raq meets again with detectives to exchange information on Pino and Stefano (Tony Danza) for full immunity and witness protection for her AND Kanan.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Weatherford police were notified by Child Protective Services on July 30 that Liles was accused of exchanging inappropriate text messages with a student, according to a Facebook post from the department.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchange
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  • But Bite revolutionized the market in part by getting all the plastic out of the equation.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Insilico Medicine is revolutionizing drug discovery, a historically slow and expensive process, using generative AI.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolutionize
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  • Accused of murder and sentenced to death, Giovanni avoided the guillotine after his punishment was commuted to hard labor.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Long hours spent commuting, sitting in meetings and staring at screens can make time outdoors feel like a luxury.
    — Todd Lookingbill, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Definition of commute
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  • But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Altman is the defendant in the case brought by Musk, who’s claiming that OpenAI illegally betrayed the company’s non-profit founding by transfiguring into a for-profit company last year.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 7 May 2026
Definition of transfigure

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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retool. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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