retooling

verb

present participle of retool
as in rejiggering

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  1. exchanging
  2. transforming
  3. commuting
  4. revolutionizing
  5. transmuting
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  • Weatherford police were notified by Child Protective Services on July 30 that Liles was accused of exchanging inappropriate text messages with a student, according to a Facebook post from the department.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Many ex-addicts turn to religion, exchanging one inflexible code for another; John’s own post-heroin spiritual exercises were omnivorous.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • New York — Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Playing a key role in that push is Qatar’s Ooredoo Group, which has been steadily transforming itself from a traditional telco into a digital infrastructure provider over the last three years.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of transforming
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  • The researchers concluded that as older leaders retire, the days of commuting five days a week are likely to fade with them.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After using it intermittently while commuting this summer, she’s only needed to charge it once so far.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of commuting
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  • In the past few years, the steel industry has been accelerating its deployment of large-scale AI that’s revolutionizing steel production.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Pair Eyewear Pair Eyewear is revolutionizing the online glasses market with its innovative frame system.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolutionizing
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  • That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026
Definition of transmuting
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