as in to rebuild
to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built
The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations. We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system.
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Recent Examples of retrofit
The agency issued its first contracts earlier in March to retrofit and operate warehouses in Arizona and Maryland.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
The project’s $4 million price tag includes work already done to retrofit and make safety improvements to the existing building, which previously was declared a threat to public health and safety, as well as building replacement structures on adjacent beachfront property.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security previously told USA TODAY that the facility was retrofitted to house families and denied claims of poor conditions.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the building was designed to be easily retrofitted to house an NBA team.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
The project’s $4 million price tag includes work already done to retrofit and make safety improvements to the existing building, which previously was declared a threat to public health and safety, as well as building replacement structures on adjacent beachfront property.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security previously told USA TODAY that the facility was retrofitted to house families and denied claims of poor conditions.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the building was designed to be easily retrofitted to house an NBA team.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrofit
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Technicians will replace obsolete components, including transistors and rectifiers, before rebuilding and testing each unit.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Compared with the pace in Santa Rosa after the 2017 Tubbs fire, The Times’ analysis found rebuilding in both Altadena and Pacific Palisades was markedly slower.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hungarians living near the southern frontier, where Orbán made a show of building a border fence during the refugee crisis, are travelling to Croatia to buy cheap groceries.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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There were no 20-point comebacks on Thursday night, but the Knicks did build a 13-point lead in the third quarter, only to watch the Celtics run off a 19-4 run and take a two-point lead with a few ticks left entering the fourth quarter.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Retrofit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrofit. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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