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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The measure would retool the controversial criminal justice reform California voters approved a decade ago, Proposition 47, which changed certain lower-level drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and invested in drug and mental health treatment.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
Coach Wayne Tinkle retooled his rotation but doesn’t have nearly enough playmakers to contend.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
McG later left the project as well, which led Warner Bros. to hire Bryan Singer, who drastically retooled the film into Superman Returns — a film that saw newcomer Brandon Routh play the Man of Steel, and bears almost no resemblance to Abrams’ and Ratner’s prior versions.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 June 2024
Both teams retooled with marquee additions last offseason, with the Yankees trading for Soto and the Dodgers committing to more than $1 billion in total value to sign Japanese superstars Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 June 2024
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
Coach Wayne Tinkle retooled his rotation but doesn’t have nearly enough playmakers to contend.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
McG later left the project as well, which led Warner Bros. to hire Bryan Singer, who drastically retooled the film into Superman Returns — a film that saw newcomer Brandon Routh play the Man of Steel, and bears almost no resemblance to Abrams’ and Ratner’s prior versions.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 June 2024
Both teams retooled with marquee additions last offseason, with the Yankees trading for Soto and the Dodgers committing to more than $1 billion in total value to sign Japanese superstars Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 June 2024
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retool. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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