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Recent Examples of retool
Fuqua was forced to retool the movie to center on the relationship between Michael Jackson and his controlling father, Joe Jackson, played by Colman Domingo.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Fuqua had to retool the movie to be more about Michael's tense relationship with his father, Joe Jackson, amid his growing solo career.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Europe’s largest automaker will take a charge equal to 60% to 75% of its original $800 million investment to retool the Tennessee factory that makes the model, a company representative said by phone Thursday, confirming analyst notes following a pre-earnings call.
—Monica Raymunt, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
Instead, Perry will try to retool an aging and expensive roster that is projected to be $20 million over the luxury tax and $3 million over the second salary apron.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Fuqua had to retool the movie to be more about Michael's tense relationship with his father, Joe Jackson, amid his growing solo career.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Europe’s largest automaker will take a charge equal to 60% to 75% of its original $800 million investment to retool the Tennessee factory that makes the model, a company representative said by phone Thursday, confirming analyst notes following a pre-earnings call.
—Monica Raymunt, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
Instead, Perry will try to retool an aging and expensive roster that is projected to be $20 million over the luxury tax and $3 million over the second salary apron.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
Verb
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States now have a freer hand to rejigger boundaries of voting districts at all levels of government.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The movie then had to push its release date and do reshoots to rejigger the story.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mike Leach, the larger-than-life coach credited with popularizing the Air Raid offense and transforming modern college football, has been nominated for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class just under four years after his death.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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Supposedly the poem was inspired by a peyote-vision where the edifice of San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel was transformed into a hideous, twisted, demonic visage, which inspired the beating heart of Howl’s second section.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Members exchange nights rather than dollars, and pay the company a fee of $15 to $35 per night plus cleaning costs — roughly one-tenth the cost of a comparable short-term rental, according to CNN.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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The experience economy has steadily reshaped gifting behaviour over the last decade, particularly among families looking to create memories rather than simply exchange possessions.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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YouTube creators are revolutionizing Hollywood Films by young YouTube creators are topping the US box office, and all of Hollywood is paying attention.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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Newell, who revolutionized the PC gaming industry by launching Steam, cofounding Valve Corporation, and creating hits like Half-Life, has become a serious player in the yacht industry, establishing Inkfish in 2021 and acquiring Dutch yard Oceanco in 2025.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Polis commuted Peters’ sentence on May 15.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Polis commuted Peters' sentence on May 15.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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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
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Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retool. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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