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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 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

And it would have proven more costly to retrofit than the Rose Bowl pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Ortberg said Boeing is using a “side shop,” a factory where retrofit work for those older 777 airframes could be done without interrupting production of new jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

California residents can prepare for an earthquake in a number of ways including property owners assessing whether a retrofit is needed, even if it isn’t required by a city ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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

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

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

These efforts don’t have to be expensive, he said, pointing to a list of low-cost retrofits from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

Amid Southern California’s most seismically active year in decades, some cities have yet to require retrofits of many apartment buildings deemed most at risk of collapse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024

It’s traditional masculinity retrofitted for a progressive audience.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 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

Waymo, the leader in autonomous ride-hailing, has around 4,000 cars on the road across 14 cities, though it uses retrofitted vehicles with special sensors to enable human-free driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

They lived in makeshift apartments and partied in retrofitted warehouses.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 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

That’s the main reason Norwegian boat-tour company Brim Explorer is retrofitting its whale-watching fleet to run exclusively on battery power by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

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


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