retool

verb

Definition of retoolnext
as in to rejigger

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Recent Examples of retool 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 Big payouts at banks CEOs of three the nation’s biggest banks got rewarded for yearslong efforts to retool their companies and revive a stagnant stock price. — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 The Smuggler’s Run ride in Anaheim recently got retooled to cross-promote the movie. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 May 2026 As usual, questions abound as the Hornets prepare to retool the roster following a 44-win campaign that concluded without ending the league’s longest current playoff drought. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 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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  • While analysts focused on softer net interest income, Cramer said CEO Charlie Scharf is successfully transforming the bank into a more diversified firm with stronger investment banking and advisory businesses.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Per the official logline, Season 2 expands the world beyond Sherwood and Nottingham into the treacherous courts of England, France, and Rome, transforming the outlaw rebellion into a high stakes battle for the soul of a kingdom.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 July 2026
Definition of transform
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  • But Spain cut off this combination in the semifinal, and that pair exchanged only one pass.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • In Milwaukee, where the air is in the hazardous category, the Milwaukee Brewers are allowing ticket holders to exchange tickets for Friday night's game for another regular season home game.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of exchange
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  • SpaceX thinks Starship's combination of power and reusability will revolutionize spaceflight, allowing humanity to settle the moon and Mars, among other bold exploration feats.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • Geisel is one such figure, a man with a meteoric rise who revolutionized children’s literature and danced across many sides of political controversy.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of revolutionize
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  • The ruling covers four Proud Boys whose sentences Trump commuted, while a separate bid to overturn Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions have yet to be decided.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Trump commuted their prison sentences, but they were not covered by the president's mass pardons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 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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