RETOOLED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

retooled

verb

past tense of retool

as in rejiggered

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Donyell Malen seems to have been transformed from decent winger into prime Marco van Basten since arriving in Rome from Aston Villa last season, so if that remarkable form continues, Gian Piero Gasperini’s side could well surprise a few people.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Raj’s time with the circuit was cut short; the domestic teams ultimately folded as the league transformed into NFL Europe, but by then, the kids had caught the bug.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

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McConnell exchanged passes with Mac Allister before progressing the ball forward to Ngumoha.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Americans in the 1960s knew Francis Gary Powers as the CIA pilot of a secret U-2 spy plane shot down in 1960 over Soviet Russia, who was exchanged in a prisoner swap in 1962, during the peak of the Cold War.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Eventually, Starbucks revolutionized the concept, pairing comfy seating with free Wi-Fi to market itself as the definitive destination between home and work.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
After all, that was the group that revolutionized last year’s offense from strong but static to unpredictable and setting a league-wide trend with 13 personnel and dominated on play-action and in the run game with defenses consistently compromised.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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The disclosure embarrassed senior officials, led to White House aide Scooter Libby’s conviction for perjury, later commuted, and drew intense political scrutiny.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
His seven year sentence was commuted by — who else — Trump last year.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of commuted

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This is a lot about self-control transmuted into wellness as the outlet.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
But the fields that sloped toward the turquoise sea weren’t about to be cultivated with the vines of Merlot grapes or Regona cider apple trees or even acorns to be transmuted into jamón Ibérico.

— Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026

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