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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Meanwhile, a dogged undercover CIA agent, Cobra Bubbles (Courtney B. Vance in a role that has been retooled from the one Ving Rhames once voiced) pursues the truth behind Stitch’s origins.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
The Bucks have few draft assets left to retool and few movable contracts.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
But that is precisely what its founders have done: built a new breed of cop and retooled the social contract between a community and the officers who protect it.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Although the loss was a tough pill to swallow, the Clippers now have a chance to regroup and retool during the offseason.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
The Bucks have few draft assets left to retool and few movable contracts.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
But that is precisely what its founders have done: built a new breed of cop and retooled the social contract between a community and the officers who protect it.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Although the loss was a tough pill to swallow, the Clippers now have a chance to regroup and retool during the offseason.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for retool
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retool. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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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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