retrofit

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—one donated by the Qatari government—went through a rapid retrofit to meet Trump’s request for it to fly by July 4, America’s 250th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

Jonathon Freye, the trade group’s executive director, said discount carriers are concerned about the cost and time it may take to retrofit fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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

Nearly 50% of Nuveen Green Capital’s deployment activity is focused on new construction, with the rest being allocated to building retrofits for things like solar energy upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

In my mind, I feel a reimagining of access is required — not as a set of retrofits or accommodations, but as a creative opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

In South Pasadena, with a population of 26,000, building official Dennis Tarango said the city has no plans to create an inventory of soft-story apartment buildings or consider mandatory retrofits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

They lived in makeshift apartments and partied in retrofitted warehouses.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

One of Parton’s first forays into purer pop, this single has the stomp and shuffle of funk and could easily be retrofitted into disco DJ sets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Baeli estimates energy demand in her retrofitted house has gone down by 88%, giving her a yearly saving of nearly £750 on her bills.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

On a recent summer day, Leong stepped into a Volkswagen microbus that he had retrofitted with Tesla batteries, a side project that expanded his interests from software to hardware engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

His first floor was now being retrofitted to accommodate his wheelchair—its doorways widened, its kitchen sink lowered—part of a joint effort between a nonprofit called Rebuilding Together and the company that owned Sears and Kmart.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The US has spent months retrofitting the $400m Boeing 747-8 to prepare it for the president.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Given the need for retrofitting, remediation, replacement of obsolete utility systems and massive grading involved, Garcia was not surprised by the long development time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

It could spend a bundle retrofitting to comply, or lose a bundle in sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026