retooled

past tense of retool

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retooled
Verb
  • Later in the evening, the church pews were moved outside so the chapel could be transformed into a dance floor, with the groom's close friend, DJ Spence, performing Afrobeat music.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Austin’s disappearance transformed his mother, Debra, into a geopolitical crusader overnight.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan, and both sides have exchanged cross-border fire.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In July 2016, Ciara and Wilson exchanged vows during a secret wedding ceremony at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, England.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Watch Ghosts on Paramount+ Renowned filmmaker David Lynch revolutionized television when infusing his cinematic style into this early-'90s mystery series.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Herbert, a visionary whose innovative idea to standardize color with the Pantone Matching System, revolutionized the worldwide language and use of color.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was released in 2020 after Trump commuted his sentence.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Trump on Friday commuted Santos’ sentence with what included bluntly, crassly partisan reasoning.
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond lies further alchemy, as film is transmuted into digital form.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Nuclear reactors, where heavy elements were transmuted into lighter ones, released antineutrinos that could be absorbed by atomic nuclei outside of the reactor, leading to their discovery.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Retooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retooled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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