as in to rejigger
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Recent Examples of retool
Apparently the part has been retooled since the pilot, and no longer requires a double nepo baby.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The author of the measure, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, quickly retooled his proposal.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Underwood and his staff have been retooling the roster since the Illini’s loss to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
That's no idle pledge calculated to preserve market share — Keen has been steadily retooling the business for years to protect itself from sudden shifts in global trade and the vagaries of geopolitics.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 May 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The author of the measure, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, quickly retooled his proposal.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Underwood and his staff have been retooling the roster since the Illini’s loss to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
That's no idle pledge calculated to preserve market share — Keen has been steadily retooling the business for years to protect itself from sudden shifts in global trade and the vagaries of geopolitics.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
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He’s seen one mill after another shutter, forcing him to rejigger his supply chain over the years..—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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And, the economists say, this change in consumer behavior enabled restaurants to rejigger their business and labor processes in innovative ways.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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The intersection where Floyd took his last breaths was transformed from a gas station and corner store into a living memorial.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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World Chase Tag has transformed the classic game of tag into a high-intensity sport, featuring parkour athletes competing in short, intense chases.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
24 May 2025
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The May 16 talks also led to a swap of prisoners, with 1,000 on both sides being exchanged.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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During their last meeting in May, both countries agreed to exchange their requirements for a ceasefire.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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In one fell swoop, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has largely revolutionized much of what astronomers know about the formation and assembly of the earliest galaxies in the cosmos.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Over the past decade, access to climate model projections through easy-to-use websites has revolutionized resource managers’ ability to explore different scenarios of how the local climate might change.—
Imtiaz Rangwala,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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She had been originally sentenced to death, but that was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in 1972.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The following year, after California briefly outlawed the death penalty, their sentences were commuted to life with the possibility of parole.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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In each instance, the duties of the office transfigured the man into a sign and symbol of hope in the face of death.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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The result was, if not a religious experience, then a spiritually transfiguring one.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retool. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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