retool
verb
re·tool
(ˌ)rē-ˈtül 
retooled; retooling; retools
: to make especially minor changes or improvements
retool for the future
Examples of retool in a Sentence
The factory has been retooled.
The company is retooling its sales strategies.
The company is retooling for the future.
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Proposition 36 aims to retool parts of Proposition 47, a measure voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014 on the promise to relieve California’s overcrowded prisons by reclassifying some non-violent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Donald Glover created and co-starred in the former (opposite Maya Erskine), taking familiar IP and retooling it for a new audience.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
That plant is being retooled to build the Chevrolet Silverado EV, which is currently made at Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2024
In 2024 in particular, Evernote has shipped a laundry list of new features, retooled its design, added some core new functionality, and made the app begin to feel modern again.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2024
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Donald Glover created and co-starred in the former (opposite Maya Erskine), taking familiar IP and retooling it for a new audience.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
That plant is being retooled to build the Chevrolet Silverado EV, which is currently made at Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2024
In 2024 in particular, Evernote has shipped a laundry list of new features, retooled its design, added some core new functionality, and made the app begin to feel modern again.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2024
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retool
verb
re·tool
(ˈ)rē-ˈtül
1
: to equip again with new or different tools
retool a factory
2
: to make changes or improvements to
retool that idea
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