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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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“We build new projectors every day, but film projectors, using this film, it’s not practical. So we’ve got to find them and retrofit them and rebuild them, which is what we did for ‘Odyssey.’

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The same is true for giving employees workplace options: Perhaps three configurations for the retrofit, each with a clear rationale, gets employees input without turning it into a second job.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

To use as bargaining chips for either a big name like the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo or, better yet, to acquire important foundational pieces to retrofit the roster around Luka Doncic?

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

When HW3 was introduced, Tesla also offered the ability to retrofit some older models with the then-new hardware offering.

From MarketWatch Apr. 23, 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 Sterling, Bruce

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

The ADS-B In retrofits might not be compatible with hundreds of planes in the U.S. commercial fleet, according to Bedford, the FAA administrator.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

The law requires that retrofits be done within seven years after an owner receives an order to comply.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 23, 2024

Burbank had a voluntary soft-story retrofit program that began in 1998, but progress has been limited, with only 35 retrofits completed since 2008, according to a recent staff report.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 23, 2024

A vehicle was retrofitted so that Lillard could drive.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The billionaire president has barely been able to contain his excitement over the retrofitted Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which took him to Ankara on its maiden trip outside the United States.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Torrance, Santa Monica and West Hollywood all require steel-moment-frame buildings to be evaluated and, if necessary, retrofitted, but the city of Los Angeles does not.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

They took an old double-decker bus, removed the roof, and retrofitted the rest, instead of just renting a tour bus.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Bratton retrofitted a city bus and turned it into a rolling station house, with its own fax machines, phones, holding pen, and fingerprinting facilities.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

One study, published in 2020, discussed how experts might recommend retrofitting riskier buildings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 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



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