retrofits

present tense third-person singular of retrofit
as in rebuilds
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 retrofits Where Gravis retrofits machines already on site, Monumental deploys its own fleet from scratch. Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting. Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025 Schlott makes any necessary repairs and in the case of the general store phone, retrofits them with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology to enable calls. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Jewett points out that there are plenty of applications, such as drug delivery and diagnostics, that don’t need a cell that fully rebuilds itself but could benefit from a facsimile like the SpudCell.
    Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, and Tahar Rahim as Inspector Javert, Valjean’s relentless nemesis.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026
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  • Raiders drops Turf War entirely and builds a single-player loot chase across the Spirhalite Islands, with four-player co-op that scales difficulty by headcount.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Audience builds community, which creates a sense of belonging, and that lives right next door to a sense of ownership.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

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