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retrofit

[re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit] / ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt, ˌrɛ troʊˈfɪt, ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt /
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adapt for use with something older
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The fourth was to retrofit mobile storage systems in the park’s museum storage facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The most disruptive part of the retrofit work was carried out first, and included the insulation of shared walls, flooring and the roof.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The newest jet in the fleet—one donated by the Qatari government—underwent a rapid $400 million retrofit to fly by July 4, America’s 250th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The switch raised questions about the gifted jet that the U.S. spent $400 million to retrofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

The Center has since benefitted by a forty-million-dollar retrofit, but there's still enough forest and swamp on the facility for the Border Patrol to put in tracking practice.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling

Officials also realized that Stations 33 and 37, known to require seismic retrofits, were actually in such bad shape that they needed to be torn down and rebuilt, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

American Airlines expects screens to be installed across its full fleet by early in the next decade, with retrofits starting in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

On Net Zero he proposes a "Northern Way", which subsidises the transition, retrofits, cutting bills, and building exportable locally owned industry.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

There are industry divides over which bill allows more flexibility to comply with new mandates and whether airlines should be required to make potentially costly retrofits of cockpit systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Many cities have also not acted on requiring retrofits of other types of potentially vulnerable buildings, including those that have certain flaws to their concrete or steel frames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025

It’s traditional masculinity retrofitted for a progressive audience.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Kieran Maguire, professor of football finance at the University of Liverpool, told BBC Sport the commission found "the documents were retrofitted to fit the crime".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Milena Nikolova, a partner at Antares, said the firm looks for tech that can be retrofitted into existing infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Alphabet-owned Waymo, which leads the robotaxi race with operations in 14 cities, uses existing traditional vehicles retrofitted for autonomy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sing Sing, for reasons no one could ever explain to me, has never been retrofitted with gas.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

More than 50 sites will get chargers over the next 18 months, the spokesperson said, and the city has been retrofitting existing public stations and adding chargers at libraries and recreation centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

He compares what Huskeys does for web security to retrofitting an old car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But when it comes to retrofitting older homes it can be complex due to having to find space for the equipment, which adds to installation costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

At those levels, buyers can commission their own dream homes instead of retrofitting someone else’s fantasy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

In April the government approved a legal framework to allow people to convert their petrol and diesel vehicles into electric ones, known as "retrofitting".

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026


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