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Recent Examples of retool
The plant, a major local employer, ended its production of the Cadillac TX4 and Chevrolet Malibu in preparation for this changeover, bringing operations to a halt in order to retool.
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Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Horford became available when Boston decided to retool after Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles tendon in the playoffs, which is expected to keep him out through this coming season.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The Mets didn’t retool their rotation in the offseason after losing Luis Severino and Jose Quintana from last year’s team.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Quick pit stops to retool or refuel are fine, but winning the race depends on staying in the fast lane—so be ready to kill that killer idea.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Horford became available when Boston decided to retool after Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles tendon in the playoffs, which is expected to keep him out through this coming season.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The Mets didn’t retool their rotation in the offseason after losing Luis Severino and Jose Quintana from last year’s team.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Quick pit stops to retool or refuel are fine, but winning the race depends on staying in the fast lane—so be ready to kill that killer idea.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
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The buyer’s initial plan was to rejigger the floor plan, add some square footage, and modernize the infrastructure.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
17 Sep. 2025
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The second round of information arrived so late at night, Kobrin told me, that the next morning, several of her colleagues hadn’t yet gotten the message and were scrambling to rejigger their spending plans.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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As travelers crave experiences over ordinary stays, hotels that have transformed grim to glam are now embracing their bizarre and sometimes haunted histories, even hosting weddings and wellness retreats.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cover yourself in fake tattoos to transform into Role Model or find a Max’s Kansas City tee to become Charli.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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The 1949 Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act provides the framework by which Lajo’s husband and brother return from India to get her; under that edict, India and Pakistan agreed to exchange abducted women.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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After a few messages were exchanged, the 31-year-old went to his local Food Lion and ticked away at the items on the mom’s grocery list.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Nvidia has become the most-important stock in a bull market that’s been driven by optimism for AI to revolutionize the global economy.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The park opened in Tempe in the summer of 1965 and completely revolutionized the skating game.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Weeks later, in January 2001, Clinton commuted Reynolds’s federal sentence for campaign and bank fraud charges.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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So Rochelle decided to commute to Austin rather than move.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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According to sources, Alchemised began as Dramione before being transfigured into a dark romantasy.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retool. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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