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 Braille is being added when the planes go in to be retrofitted.
  — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 27 July 2023
• The airline hopes to retrofit its entire mainline fleet by the end of 2026.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
• Trying to retrofit stuff, a lot of it hadn’t been done before.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Many of the cooling towers Noya would retrofit do not provide this capture rate.
  — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• One big risk for New York City is a large number of older brick buildings that have not been retrofitted.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• There's also the Lexus UX300e that the company retrofitted with a fake manual shifter and clutch.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
• This is a time when empty nesters can repurpose kids' rooms and retrofit them for hobbies, guests, and grandkids.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
• Kerman recognized the sadness people feel over the loss of the building, but said the cost to retrofit the building was too high for Blanchet House to afford.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
• Rather than pay to retrofit their dams with fish ladders, the utility opted for removal.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• Humans have always adapted, refining their skills and retrofitting their careers to the current needs of the workforce.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• In May, these leaders announced a study that will explore ways to remove or retrofit the freeway.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• Given that these buildings will be in use for decades to come, they must be retrofitted to achieve the world’s climate commitments.
  — Ben Evans, Fortune, 12 July 2023
• Power: Smart shades and retrofit smart blinds and curtains all require power.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2024
• One was retrofitted with a snow blower on the front to break up the high level of snow present on the mountain, and the other would transport a second crew of rescuers once the first had cleared a path.
  — Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• And on a recent tour, architects showed off a classroom that would be the envy of any office seeking to retrofit their space for era of hybrid work.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2022
• Connectivity is poor in the area, and retrofitting such an old building is difficult.
  — Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2023
• And existing vans will be retrofitted with some changes to reduce the heat in the cargo area, where temperatures can pose the greatest threat.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• Last year, the space was retrofitted with carpets, soft sofas and poufs, wide velvet curtains and disco balls hanging above a dance floor.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• But any mood elevation didn’t send him back to the drawing board to retrofit his finished album with party songs.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 June 2022
• If that goes well, existing ships could be retrofitted by replacing diesel engines with the SMRs, says Lien.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2024
• Finally, baseball greenlit seismic changes with you the fan in mind, retrofitting the game for a new era to promote pace, action and athleticism.
  — The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
• Lufthansa will also retrofit existing wide-body aircraft, such as the Boeing 747.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2023
• The company also agreed to retrofit its vehicles with heat shields and a forced air induction system in the cargo area.
  — WIRED, 31 July 2023
• Just north of $2 million was spent last year to retrofit Petco Park so that a football field could be accommodated.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
• Climate change will drive many projects to rehabilitate, repair, and retrofit much of what already exists in the world.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024