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 airline plans to retrofit all of the A320 planes in its fleet within the next 3 years.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 3 May 2018
  • The Braille is being added when the planes go in to be retrofitted.
    — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 27 July 2023
  • The cost of retrofitting the St. Joseph hospital may have been a factor.
    — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The school has spent millions of dollars retrofitting the buses.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • The cost to retrofit homes with a crawl space, on average, is about $5,200.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Trying to retrofit stuff, a lot of it hadn’t been done before.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The fourth and last phase of retrofitting the city's soft-story buildings wraps in September 2018.
    — and Stephanie Becker, CNN, 30 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • And retrofitting each pumping station wouldn't be cheap or easy.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The original hasn't been erased but retrofitted for a new crowd and a new form.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Trump struck a deal with Boeing in his first term to retrofit two 747s to serve as the next Air Force One aircraft.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 1 May 2025
  • 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
  • Gross will even retrofit tents with add-on features like awnings or door flaps.
    — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 7 June 2018
  • The state would need to spend hundreds of millions more dollars to retrofit its bridges.
    — David Gutman, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2019
  • 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
  • Among that roster of projects includes retrofitting the faulty boilers and turbines, records show.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The shooting also spurred the district to retrofit some schools with secondary doors, buzzers and thick glass.
    — Katie Zezima, courant.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The shooting also spurred the district to retrofit its schools with secondary doors, buzzers and thick glass.
    — Katie Zezima and Susan Svrluga, kansascity, 14 Dec. 2017
  • But there are some spices that keep cropping up when trying to retrofit the recipe. Allspice.
    — Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The crew then retrofitted the space with plywood and waterproofed it before installing the shell of the pool.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 15 June 2018
  • The new first class suites will be available as part of the airline’s plans to retrofit its Airbus A380 aircraft.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2024
  • An additional 404 buildings are in the process of retrofitting.
    — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024

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