RETOOLING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

retooling

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present participle of retool

as in rejiggering

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That architecture gives Legion another path for exchanging sensor information across aircraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
The labor negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players’ union are a long way from reaching an agreement, but both sides are exchanging proposals that include changes to make the game better, which is encouraging.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Creating, importing, transforming beauty and goodness into a ritual that never stops.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
That evening, the artist performed one classic after another, donning her best stage outfits and transforming the concert hall into a veritable runway.

— Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026

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The Practical Economics of Alternative Mobility Taking a car on short local runs – whether running quick errands, commuting across town, or heading to a local transit station – comes with hidden overheads.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
After testing dozens of shoes and brands at many price points, one clear winner stood out for holding up to 10-hour travel days, thousands of steps, and the daily chaos of commuting to an office and being a mom on the go.

— Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026

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Why is revolutionizing college education necessary or desirable?

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
In their discussions, economists and policymakers debated the regulatory challenges in a world where tokenization is revolutionizing how financial assets are held and transferred.

— Maria Eloisa Capurro, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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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

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