retooling

present participle of retool

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retooling
Verb
  • Here, Alex investigates suspicious activity among the townspeople, navigating the shop while drawing curious looks from other customers and exchanging tense words with the store clerk.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Both parties appear to still be exchanging tweets as of this writing.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, the AI boom is transforming the economy.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Driscoll’s, the largest berry seller in the US, began working in the 1980s to make berries available year-round and more attractive in color, transforming them from a seasonal treat to a daily necessity.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Building units close to existing transit systems creates new housing for workers commuting to a job in attractive locations.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Back home in Colorado, Estes spends about two hours a day commuting to her shifts at a Colorado hospital.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ernesta, an accessible luxury direct-to-consumer rug brand launched in 2023 by a Peloton cofounder, is revolutionizing the home decor industry with quick-turnaround custom rugs measured down to the inch.
    Lauren Parker, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These technologies are revolutionizing humanity’s ability to catalog Earth’s species, which are estimated to number 8 million—though perhaps far, far more—by illuminating the teeming life that so often eludes human observation.
    Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Arriscan can scan up to five frames per second, transmuting film into digital form.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Retooling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retooling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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