retools

Definition of retoolsnext
present tense third-person singular of retool
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Verb
  • It that transforms the humble potato into something greater than the sum of its parts, just like the bread that was a Garfield favorite.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
  • Organic waste will be used for black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) production–a sustainable, low-cost method that transforms it into high-protein animal feed.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 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
  • 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
  • The ceramic coating on the glass, two pieces of safety glass, and the spring-action metal make up the ASB GlassFloor, which the company hopes revolutionizes basketball-playing surfaces.
    PJ Green March 3, Kansas City Star, 3 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 11 May. 2026.

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