The phrase "a partial overhaul" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation where only some aspects of a system, process, or object are being changed or improved, rather than a complete overhaul.
Example: "The company decided to implement a partial overhaul of its marketing strategy to better target younger audiences."
Alternatives: "a limited revision" or "a selective update".
The Teamsters also agreed to a partial overhauling of the pension system.
The aim of an IT system urbanization project is to organize the major developmental requirements (that require a total or partial overhaul) on an IT system, while minimizing the risks incurred and maximizing the safety of the information pool.
[A6.] Legal Reformers Gain a Victory Supporters of an initiative to overhaul legal ethics rules won a partial victory at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association.
And last week MSG announced an overhaul that included splitting 100 Mets games with FSNY, a partial salve for losing the Yankees.
He touched on his plan for a partial privatization of Social Security and mentioned that he would work to overhaul Medicare, repeal the inheritance tax and share part of the budget surplus with taxpayers.
The debate over the most sweeping judicial overhaul package in the country ended late Monday in a partial victory for Republicans and Speaker Dean Cannon, who had championed the changes.
But the changes have run into opposition from the police officers' powerful union, which last month started a partial strike, refusing to issue fines for traffic offenses, amid concerns that the overhaul would worsen their employment conditions rather than improve efficiency.
He also offered to make a partial payment to the state's woefully underfunded pension system, but only if the system was overhauled to require bigger payments from workers, smaller payouts and an increase in the retirement age.
Facebook needs to radically overhaul their method of delivering news, and part of that will have to be at least a partial segregation of content into two streams (more becomes a challenge to usability) — roughly speaking, friends and likes.
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