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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Deadline understands that the success of another spinoff, Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing, has given the producers time to retool Naked and Afraid XL.
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Peter White, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Mendoza pointed to a versatile lineup and retooled bullpen among the Mets’ strengths.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
In World War II, the United States turned its mighty manufacturing capacity to the business of war, retooling factories to build tanks and airplanes and making its military into the world’s most powerful.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2023
This is not the first time that the Natural History Museum has retooled an entrance.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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Peter White, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Mendoza pointed to a versatile lineup and retooled bullpen among the Mets’ strengths.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
In World War II, the United States turned its mighty manufacturing capacity to the business of war, retooling factories to build tanks and airplanes and making its military into the world’s most powerful.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2023
This is not the first time that the Natural History Museum has retooled an entrance.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retool. Accessed 4 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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