overhaul
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The Lakers brought in nine new players during an offseason roster overhaul, further burying Knecht on the forward depth chart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Warsh did make an announcement on the task forces that he created to overhaul the central bank, saying there will be a meeting next month in the San Francisco era on productivity and jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mélenchon has called for an economic overhaul of France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
At a recent cross-party Senedd group on women's health, gynaecologists said Wales either needed a nationally commissioned service or an overhaul of the funding model to better reflect the true cost of the specialist care.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
New York’s prison system in the early twentieth century, to his concerned eyes, was in need of complete overhaul.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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But we should also realize that the engineers who are so ready to offer grim characterizations of what they’ve created are much less willing to make any substantial process overhauls.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Instead of strict rules and major life overhauls, creators are sharing small changes aimed at finishing the year strong.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It isn’t all that unusual for players to fiddle with their mechanics over the course of a summer, with more drastic overhauls left to offseason experimentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The stock declines have made software companies attractive opportunities for private-equity firms looking to acquire assets at a discount, perform strategic business overhauls and then exit at a markup.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A silence overhauls us, and the voice leaves me completely There’s no more breathing at the other end.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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“School districts across the country have overhauled admissions criteria for competitive public schools after concluding that existing systems produced undesirable racial enrollment patterns,” they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its centerpiece is Siri AI, the overhauled version of Apple’s assistant powered by Apple Intelligence, which the company is pitching as a more conversational helper than the original Siri.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Meta overhauled its AI efforts in spring 2025 after the disappointing launch of its then-latest model, Llama 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Defence and midfield in particular were overhauled, with new wingers too.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Fiji also this week announced it was overhauling its intelligence service, with New Zealand's spy agency to conduct a six-month review.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
For Netflix, that means looking outside of its once-unimpeachable red walls and embracing more reluctant partnerships with rivals, while cutting costs and overhauling old practices wherever possible.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Marc Jacobs might be best known for his catwalk creations, but in 2019, he took on the ambitious project of overhauling a $9.17 million Frank Lloyd Wright–designed property that he purchased on a whim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He spent time in Southern California over the offseason to get a head start on overhauling his swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
There was a flurry of overhauling and painting and mending to be done.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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