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retrofit

[re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit] / ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt, ˌrɛ troʊˈfɪt, ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt /
VERB
adapt for use with something older
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Kids won’t have the same challenges we have of trying to retrofit old assumptions and will start with a clean slate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

But unlike China, which built state control into the internet as the web spread decades ago, Russia is having to retrofit state control into complex systems.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Riot Platforms will make around $90 million in capital expenditures to retrofit the Rockdale facility.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Less red tape for restaurants: The approval process for independent restaurants that want to retrofit spaces is being streamlined under AB 671.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 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