How to Use retool in a Sentence

retool

verb
  • The factory has been retooled.
  • The company is retooling for the future.
  • The company is retooling its sales strategies.
  • The Jaguars used their bye week to retool a shaky defense.
    Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The Vikings might want to rebuild or retool under a new head coach, and the Browns are ready to win now.
    cleveland, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Is West Linn going to be able to retool in time for the 2022 season?
    oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Outside of the military, the movement has retooled for the long haul.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Now, Baylor will have to retool for a man-to-man defense in less than 48 hours.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Lone Star Donuts is taking a break too, to retool their business.
    Dallas News, 7 July 2022
  • But guidelines like these are being reviewed and retooled around the world.
    Jeff Wong, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The solution to this dilemma is to rethink and retool your tech stack.
    Mark Heymann, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Bennett and Easterling also used the time to retool plans for their food truck.
    al, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This fall looks to be no different as Roosevelt is retooled and fast in 2023.
    Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
  • New York is looking to retool an offense that scored two runs or fewer in 44 games and was shut out eight times.
    Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Jacksonville used its bye week to retool its shaky defense.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The trade allowed Boston to retool ahead of its 2013 World Series title.
    Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Layoffs came in the millions as businesses across the land struggled to figure out how to retool and adapt.
    Liz Elting, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • Cardinal fans might have to be patient as the new head man looks to retool a proud program that had grown a bit stagnant of late.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Corsairs are retooling their back line on the fly, so expect some early growing pains.
    Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • To get him, one official said, a team would need to be willing to retool its entire farm system.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Language that would retool the state’s firearms laws in the wake of a Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights across the country.
    Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Cedar Point would like to change that, and the easiest way is to retool and reopen Dragster with another name.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
  • The good news is that retooling your return policy isn’t hard.
    Brandon Batchelor, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But this summer, Lillard is still with the Blazers and has been involved in the team’s effort to retool its roster around him via free agency, trades and the draft.
    oregonlive, 7 July 2022
  • Such a shame that Persuasion didn’t intend to retool Austen’s story with this long-ago lovers romance in mind.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 July 2022
  • Just how far will coach Sean Payton go to retool this roster, and who will be playing quarterback in 2024?
    C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • There have already been All-Star deals as sellers retool for their rebuilds and buyers prepare for a stretch run.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021
  • The defense is retooling and has more questions than answers.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The trade further signals that the Blazers are shedding salary and plotting to retool the roster around Lillard, their All-Star point guard.
    oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2022
  • All but a small fraction of that money was to build and retool plants for electric vehicles and batteries.
    Jack Ewing Maddie McGarvey, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023

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