How to Use retrofit in a Sentence

retrofit

verb
  • We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system.
  • The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations.
  • But retrofitting a house of Airbnb’s sheer scale is no easy feat.
    Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The Braille is being added when the planes go in to be retrofitted.
    Clara McMichael, ABC News, 27 July 2023
  • The price tag for retrofitting the buildings hasn’t yet been determined.
    Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The airline hopes to retrofit its entire mainline fleet by the end of 2026.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Trying to retrofit stuff, a lot of it hadn’t been done before.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The next phase will test cool roofing, with GAF retrofitting a few homes and more to come if the test is successful.
    Edwin Flores, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Rather than use the ball, the BMW and Mini cars retrofit the steering wheel with a ring that acts as the throttle.
    Sami Haj-Assaad, Car and Driver, 5 June 2023
  • To save the back and forth, consider hiring a plumber to retrofit your outdoor faucets to the frost-free type.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
  • United plans to retrofit its current fleet of single-aisle jets to match the amenities of the new ones by 2025.
    Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • Heat pumps are also great for retrofitting a home because they can be used with or without ducts in the floors or walls.
    Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The airline will also be retrofitting Boeing 777s with the new seats – but without the same issue.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
  • But there are some spices that keep cropping up when trying to retrofit the recipe. Allspice.
    Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2021
  • An additional 404 buildings are in the process of retrofitting.
    Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • After doing a bit of research, the pair bought an old hot dog cart and retrofitted it for tacos.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
  • But bat advocates fought to keep them open—and then retrofitted them for bats’ use.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • Engineers have been retrofitting those canals with pumps to get water out of them even during high tides.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 31 Jan. 2020
  • It’s become common, Timmins said, to see cars speeding down the streets, and about half the fences have been built or retrofitted to sit flush against the ground.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
  • Many of the cooling towers Noya would retrofit do not provide this capture rate.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, many Alabamians cannot afford to retrofit their homes.
    Brian Hastings and Roy Wright, al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • One big risk for New York City is a large number of older brick buildings that have not been retrofitted.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Many homes were built before the standards took effect, and state and federal grants to retrofit have been too low.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • How to retrofit the Spurs’ other All-Star into the team’s new order is another.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • In addition to rehab and retrofit, which would extend the service life of the bridge by 50 to 60 years, the study looked at three other options.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
  • There's also the Lexus UX300e that the company retrofitted with a fake manual shifter and clutch.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
  • About 800 streetlights have been retrofitted with LED bulbs.
    NBC News, 11 Dec. 2019
  • This is a time when empty nesters can repurpose kids' rooms and retrofit them for hobbies, guests, and grandkids.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Later in the year, a factory fresh Airbus A350 will roll off the assembly line with the new look and Delta will begin retrofitting older aircraft in the meantime.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The cost to retrofit will be about $25 million, and the system is also investing millions more into other projects, such as a new skilled-nursing facility.
    Annie Sciacca | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024

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