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Some companies in the U.S. construction industry have shown interest because they worry that competitors from Europe and China may export prefabricated materials needed for speedy home refits if U.S. companies don’t start making them.

From Scientific American • Jun. 27, 2022

Since the scandal broke, it has cost the company more than 32 billion euros in fines, refits and legal costs.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

The loophole that Pruitt was seeking would have eased pending restrictions on so-called glider trucks - a booming sector of truck-making that refits older, dirtier truck engines with new truck bodies.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2019

Rather, it refits their mental engines, calibrating them with a creative mindset and the mental elasticity to invent, discover, or otherwise produce something society deems valuable.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2019

I hooks up the others, an' seein' it's down hill an' a easy trail I makes Tascosa an' refits.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry