as in to revisit
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack
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Recent Examples of reconsider
Now, that order will remain in effect as the court reconsiders.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Guerrero said the consultant handling the re-evaluation study, Stantec, has been asked to reconsider all of those plans and explore nearly two dozen other ideas and variables.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Almost every Republican senator signed a letter demanding the FDA reconsider its approval and reinstate in-person dispensing requirements.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Guerrero said the consultant handling the re-evaluation study, Stantec, has been asked to reconsider all of those plans and explore nearly two dozen other ideas and variables.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Almost every Republican senator signed a letter demanding the FDA reconsider its approval and reinstate in-person dispensing requirements.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsider
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Nor were they inspired by it, which will not prevent sports journalists from capitalizing on the chance to revisit a great show.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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Salerno will revisit the case in the series, which will also feature Bianchi, who is alive in prison and has never told his story (Angelo Buono died behind bars in 2002).—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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The president’s comments come after his administration expanded a federal program that deputizes local police to enforce immigration laws, signing up nearly 16,000 officers across 40 states as part of an effort to boost deportations, according to data reviewed by Bloomberg News.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Bonner reviews the construction plans in his office that afternoon.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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All one had to do would be to rethink what removals are for (or shake off any post-substitutionist illusions about it).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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On the whole, the provisions the law provides to disincentivize offshoring and promote reshoring need to be rethought, the lawmakers wrote.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Reconsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsider. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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