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Recent Examples of retool
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.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Year 1 was a solid success for coach Mike Macdonald, but the Seahawks still decided to retool, trading quarterback Geno Smith the Raiders and wide receiver DK Metcalf to Steelers.
—David Wilson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
There could be additional roster changes over the course of the season as the Kings retool under new general manager Scott Perry and first-year coach Doug Christie.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Orlando’s offense will need to retool in Banda’s absence, no longer able to rely on her pace and strength to take the top off the defense.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Year 1 was a solid success for coach Mike Macdonald, but the Seahawks still decided to retool, trading quarterback Geno Smith the Raiders and wide receiver DK Metcalf to Steelers.
—David Wilson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
There could be additional roster changes over the course of the season as the Kings retool under new general manager Scott Perry and first-year coach Doug Christie.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Orlando’s offense will need to retool in Banda’s absence, no longer able to rely on her pace and strength to take the top off the defense.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
Verb
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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
Verb
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Has the world's most volatile region been transformed?—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The 26-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicts a male figure that transforms into tree branches housing various bird species.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since the African Growth and Opportunity Act was implemented in 2000, sub-Saharan African nations have exchanged goods duty-free with the US, boosting trans-Atlantic trade.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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That calmness, however, was soon overtaken by the kitchen, with the hiss of the pans, stir of the pots and sharp calls exchanged between cooks quickly filling the air, along with the sounds of an upbeat Peruvian song playing in the background.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her 1960 discovery that chimpanzees were able to make and use tools revolutionized the field of primatology.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The 42-year-old tech leader has been at the helm since Spotify’s inception, when the company sought to revolutionize a music industry where iTunes dominated and music piracy via sites like LimeWire and Napster was flourishing.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That portion was commuted to time served, and he was placed on 15 years of probation.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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This millennial nurse commutes 5,000 miles from Sweden to work at a California hospital.—
Aman Ghei,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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 7 Oct. 2025.
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