reexamination

noun

re·​ex·​am·​i·​na·​tion (ˌ)rē-ig-ˌza-mə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce reexamination (audio)
variants or re-examination
plural reexaminations or re-examinations
1
: the act or process of examining something again especially from a different viewpoint
… force a critical reexamination of the premises and standards of existing scholarly work.Joan W. Scott
2
law
a
: the act or process of examining a witness in a court of law after the witness has been cross-examined : redirect examination
b
: the review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the validity of a patent being questioned on the basis of prior art
In another type of proceedings, called reexamination, the challenger can trigger rejection of the patent by producing new evidence of prior art—new evidence that the invention was "not novel or was obvious."Erik Larson

Examples of reexamination in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tempe police commissioned a reexamination of old cases in July, a month after Tempe Police Chief Kenneth McCoy took over. Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024 Rights advocates argued unsuccessfully for a reexamination of that deal in light of the rulings of the California federal court. Ellen Knickmeyer, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023 City and school reexamination of the historic displacement of marginalized communities has led to greater recognition of the plight of former residents near the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Georgia in Athens. Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024 This triggered a comprehensive internal reexamination of Cruise’s operations that revealed significant problems with both the organization’s safety culture and its interactions with the public and public agency officials. Steven E. Shladover, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2024 Is the music interesting enough to warrant a reexamination of the artist? Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023 Footage of the network and local TV coverage can be found on YouTube and shows up in new documentaries and reexaminations that are still being turned out for every significant anniversary. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 In June 2020, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced a reexamination of McClain’s death, and appointed state Attorney General Phil Weiser as a special prosecutor. Andi Babineau, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023 The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet, because there has never been a reckoning or a reexamination of what these women were put through. Taylor Lorenz, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of reexamination was in 1604

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“Reexamination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reexamination. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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