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Recent Examples of retool
Instead, Perry will try to retool an aging and expensive roster that is projected to be $20 million over the luxury tax and $3 million over the second salary apron.
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Boise State will continue to be active in the transfer portal, having to retool after losing all five starters, three of whom entered the portal themselves.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026
The Rangers did retain Robert Garcia, Jacob Latz and Chris Martin, their next three highest in terms of innings pitched, and added Tyler Alexander, Carter Baumler and Jakob Junis in an effort to retool the bullpen.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
The next 12 weeks of the runoff will show whether Roy can retool his campaign and devote more attention to Texas after spending much of the primary in Washington.
—Philip Jankowski
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Boise State will continue to be active in the transfer portal, having to retool after losing all five starters, three of whom entered the portal themselves.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026
The Rangers did retain Robert Garcia, Jacob Latz and Chris Martin, their next three highest in terms of innings pitched, and added Tyler Alexander, Carter Baumler and Jakob Junis in an effort to retool the bullpen.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
The next 12 weeks of the runoff will show whether Roy can retool his campaign and devote more attention to Texas after spending much of the primary in Washington.
—Philip Jankowski
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retool
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States now have a freer hand to rejigger boundaries of voting districts at all levels of government.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The movie then had to push its release date and do reshoots to rejigger the story.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Wastewater is also reused for irrigation, and the hotel has also started recycling vegetable oils with an organization that transforms the waste into biodiesel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Technology, desire and collapse Across the Giardini, Maja Malou Lyse’s DIS, Things to Come (2026) transforms the Danish Pavilion into an immersive environment where digital imagery and physical presence collapse into one another.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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Car parts that have been altered or exchanged Cars that feature aftermarket components or enhancements that alter their function may void their warranty.—
Kate Tully Ellsworth,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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The headline feature is the introduction of default end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages exchanged between iPhones and Android phones for the first time.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But the companies are now looking increasingly to expand the market for weight-loss drugs that have revolutionized the pharmaceutical space in recent years.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Some showstopping pieces were sold at Vivienne Westwood’s London shop Seditionaries, which revolutionized a rough-and-ready pop-culture style that still resonates to this day.—
Siran Babayan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Colorado Democrats and election officials from across the political spectrum have told Polis that commuting Peters' sentence would amount to a capitulation to Trump.—
Bente Birkeland,
NPR,
15 May 2026
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The end goal is to make aerial commuting a day-to-day reality for ordinary people, saving them from endless traffic jams and train delays.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Retool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retool. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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