retool
Americanverb (used with object)
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to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
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to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating.
to retool the industrial organization.
verb (used without object)
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to replace or rearrange the tools of a factory.
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to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, especially to make a remodeled product.
verb
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to replace, re-equip, or rearrange the tools in (a factory, etc)
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to revise or reorganize
Other Word Forms
- retoolable adjective
Etymology
Origin of retool
Example Sentences
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It retooled its diversity program, One Million Black Women, a multibillion-dollar commitment to invest in Black businesswomen and nonprofit leaders, including removing references to race.
Those are just two issues Rams general manager Les Snead will deal with in the coming weeks and months as the franchise retools for the 2026 season.
From Los Angeles Times
The company has focused on retooling its Medicare Advantage offerings in order to recover profit margins and on shoring up the Optum Health segment, whose doctors treat insurance customers enrolled through UnitedHealthcare, among others.
From Barron's
The San Francisco Bay-area factory space used for making the Model S and its SUV sibling, the Model X, will be retooled to build humanoid robots, perhaps as many as one million a year.
Woods and other executives are watching how Chevron fares in a retooled Venezuela.
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