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overhaul

[oh-ver-hawl, oh-ver-hawl, oh-ver-hawl] / ˌoʊ vərˈhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl /


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Former officials say one of the biggest challenges of any overhaul will be stemming the deep-rooted corruption that has allowed gangs to thrive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Mullin suggested “a complete overhaul of the system” was needed.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

The $3.3 billion train is the most-anticipated feature of the airport’s $30 billion overhaul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

What l’affaire Huang ultimately portends, then, is nothing less than an overhaul of the wholesale A.I. business as we know it, further muddying the future of this economy-propping, job-market-disrupting, politics-exploding realm.

From Slate ● Nov. 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

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

Hichilema quickly implemented economic overhauls, including austerity measures, that helped pull the country out of default, winning credit from investors and economists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

Pernod Ricard recently overhauled part of its U.S. distribution to become more nimble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

“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

Just 20 miles away from the facility, Giga Texas, other Musk companies have completely overhauled what was primarily a rural, residential area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Rodriguez, who served on the board from 2013-16, said that during her tenure she focused on overhauling the procurement process to allow small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses to better compete for city contracts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

That leaves both Spurs and Arsenal needing wins to realistically stand any chance of overhauling them in the race for Champions League football next season - starting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Southwest, meanwhile, is completely overhauling its Rapid Rewards program given the airline’s dramatic changes over the past 18 months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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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