retrofitted

variants or retrofit
past tense of retrofit
as in rebuilt
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 retrofitted Additionally, external protectors can be retrofitted onto individual chain links. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026 American Airlines retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER Premium Economy section. Michele Luhn, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 The bridge’s 22 piers were seismically retrofitted from the water upward in 2002, but the underwater infrastructure supporting the piers hasn’t been renovated or upgraded since the bridge opened to traffic in 1969. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026 One of Parton’s first forays into purer pop, this single has the stomp and shuffle of funk and could easily be retrofitted into disco DJ sets. Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The Airbus A319s and A320 fleets are currently being retrofitted and the A321 neo fleet will then be retrofitted. Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The system comes standard on the Spyder and can be retrofitted onto the HDF and 21C Vmax. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026 The weapons are Soviet-era bombs retrofitted with guidance systems and can carry up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) of explosives, leaving huge craters. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Unlike Waymo and Tesla, which use cars retrofitted with autonomous driving technology, Zoox AVs are built from the ground up for autonomous driving. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
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  • Originally built in the mid-1200s as a fortress, it has been destroyed and rebuilt several times over the centuries.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Add in production design with a 1977 New York, San Francisco and Washington, all rebuilt with period specificity.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Ergonomics was about chairs that were built for people, rather than chairs designed to fit efficiently into an office or be simple to stack and move.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Many of its stations look as though they were built for the tsars, clad in precious marble and adorned with mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sculptures, and gilded moldings.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Retrofitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrofitted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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