reanalysis
noun
re·anal·y·sis
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈna-lə-səs 
plural reanalyses
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈna-lə-ˌsēz
: the act or an instance of analyzing (something) again : repeated or renewed analysis
Budgett said some samples from the 2012 London Olympics are also being retested now on a targeted basis ahead of the Rio Games, although most are being saved for later reanalysis.—
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At one point, Hurricane Audrey in 1957 had been listed as a Category 4 on June 27, but in a reanalysis, NOAA concluded Audrey only reached Category 3 strength.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
The plumes from Europa were only more recently observed with the Hubble Space Telescope and some reanalysis of data from the Galileo spacecraft.
—Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Around that same time, though, a reanalysis of archaeological texts revealed that Nuzi was 100 to 150 years younger than estimated, and the Egyptian glass industry from that time period seems to have been more advanced — favoring Egypt once again.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
Human vetting of an entire night’s worth of search data now takes just a few hours rather than weeks, and AI reanalysis of 2020 data turned up 67 more KBOs than unassisted human searches.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
The plumes from Europa were only more recently observed with the Hubble Space Telescope and some reanalysis of data from the Galileo spacecraft.
—Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
Around that same time, though, a reanalysis of archaeological texts revealed that Nuzi was 100 to 150 years younger than estimated, and the Egyptian glass industry from that time period seems to have been more advanced — favoring Egypt once again.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
Human vetting of an entire night’s worth of search data now takes just a few hours rather than weeks, and AI reanalysis of 2020 data turned up 67 more KBOs than unassisted human searches.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Reanalysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reanalysis. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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