retools

Definition of retoolsnext
present tense third-person singular of retool
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Verb
  • This interlocking mechanism transforms a soft, bending material into a highly rigid internal skeleton capable of absorbing forces.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • By utilizing a specialized drop infrastructure, the application transforms upcoming launches into high-anticipation brand moments.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.
    Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Nayabu, 43, commutes about four hours each day to and from his tech job in Santa Clara from Mountain House.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Kerigan Rosado, 29, commutes an hour each way to her job as an administrative office assistant at Central Michigan University.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This pattern, observed in modern birds, rarely appears in reptiles and other dinosaurs; this discovery revolutionizes our understanding of dinosaur parental care and suggests more complex social systems.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • However, one of the most striking innovations is the Fire Queso Sauce Packet, an idea that revolutionizes the concept of sauce packets by offering edible packaging with a crunchy texture that contains cheese.
    Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Retools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retools. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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