retooling

present participle of retool

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retooling
Verb
  • The adversaries made for a striking scene, exchanging insults in mutually unintelligible languages in the dead of night.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Treatment, not trauma On a tour of the facility given to a Tribune reporter and photographer, the building appeared to be old but clean, with staff and residents exchanging greetings in the hallways, and residents gathering to watch television in the day room.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • This environment is continuously unlocking new pathways to discovering and solving problems, and the very tools of science itself are transforming in unprecedented ways.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
  • In one engraving from van Deventer’s manual, his arm is shown inserted into an empty uterus almost up to the elbow, the engraver’s close, texturing lines transforming his hand into a radiating light within a cavernous female darkness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Roughly three out of four of the more than 150 respondents pointed to commuting costs, while many also warned the mandate would disrupt work-life balance.
    Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Popular among celebrities and our writers alike, Longchamp tote bags are a reliable (and stylish) option to reach for when commuting to work, running errands, or keeping up with busy summer plans.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Musk has proved skeptics wrong plenty of times before, successfully making electric vehicles mainstream and revolutionizing space launches with reusable rockets.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • YouTube creators are revolutionizing Hollywood Films by young YouTube creators are topping the US box office, and all of Hollywood is paying attention.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Writing arrived as a compulsion, transmuting grief into something palatable and art-like, like a View-Master stereoscope with kaleidoscope slides.
    Eli Raphael, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Transmuting actinides into isotopes Rosatom stated that fast neutron reactors can burn minor actinides by transmuting them into isotopes that are either stable or have shorter half-lives.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
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“Retooling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retooling. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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