RETROFITTED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

retrofitted

verb

variants or retrofit

past tense of retrofit

as in rebuilt

to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations. We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system.

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Recent Examples of retrofitted The press coverage essentially retrofitted 1692 with the anxieties of 1976, recasting the Salem girls as teenagers on a bad trip. — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 The sleek, low-profile hubs, retrofitted to the top of the pole, can host several attachments, including sensors that alert if the streetlamp falls or, in some cases, the Flock Safety Falcon cameras that have stirred controversy over surveillance. — Sophia Lebowitz, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Marginal Gain That said, the current version is thick enough that it can't simply be retrofitted onto existing frames. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 Colleges should design advising, scheduling, and data systems for adult and returning learners from the start, not retrofit them as an afterthought. — Ruth Bauer, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 The former hotel was retrofitted into a shelter within a matter of months. — Conor Wight, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 The fourth was to retrofit mobile storage systems in the park’s museum storage facility. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Why Timing Matters Governance cannot be retrofitted during due diligence. — Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The technology could eventually be used to retrofit older gas turbines. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

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Vucic’s ousting shows the downside of that approach, as the whole relationship will have to be rebuilt from the ground up.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Nothing was stable, every framework was being rebuilt in real time and the only thing that separated functional teams from struggling ones was behavioral reliability under extreme ambiguity.

— Amy Alexy, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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The two built the models that modern central banks use to stabilize the economy, shifting macro policymakers’ focus from big economic variables like inflation and unemployment to the actual decisions of individuals.

— Dario Marino, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
The organization built a political presence in Texas with lobbying and legislative testimony as the state pushed back on transgender ideology in recent years.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026

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