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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retooling
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The trio has great comedic chemistry, with Marissa constantly exchanging witty barbs with Jamie and barking orders at Harper, while the latter two bond over their mutual messiness.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026 -
The potential buyer showed text messages between with Smith that discussed exchanging the child for money.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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For years, students, teachers and administrators have been working on transforming the riverfront into a living shoreline, with a mini forest of mangroves instead of a leaky, low-lying concrete seawall.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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For decades the capital had worked like a slowly exploding atom bomb, inhaling poor Filipinos from the provinces and spitting them into distant suburbs, transforming rural barangays into slums of concrete and zinc.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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But many Americans need a car for everyday use, like commuting to work and grocery shopping.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Be sure to start from your place of work—or back those commuting miles out.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Investors who believe in the company’s mRNA platform revolutionizing oncology treatment might disregard near-term financial challenges.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The list recognizes 300 companies revolutionizing their industries through product innovation, process improvements, and a culture of innovation.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Arriscan can scan up to five frames per second, transmuting film into digital form.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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